Ae Fond Kiss
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"Ae Fond Kiss" is a famous love song and poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns, expressing poignant farewell and unrequited love.
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| Ae Fond Kiss... | 6 |
| Ae Fond Kiss canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
poem
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song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ae Fond Kiss, and Then We Sever NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
one of Robert Burns’s most famous love songs
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widely anthologized in Scottish literature ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
melancholic
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poignant ⓘ |
| firstLine | Ae fond kiss, and then we sever ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre |
love poem
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song ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | musical settings in the Scottish song tradition ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | Scottish love song repertoire ⓘ |
| hasLine |
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever
NERFINISHED
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Had we never lov’d sae blindly ⓘ Had we never lov’d sae kindly ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Scots ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| meter | song-like stanzaic form ⓘ |
| originalMedium | manuscript ⓘ |
| period | late 18th century ⓘ |
| poet | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | a lover’s farewell ⓘ |
| theme |
farewell
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longing ⓘ parting ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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