Bonie Jean-A Ballad by Robert Burns
Jeanie is a blythe lass wha sings at her mammie's wark, but her love for Robie brings her care and pain. Whan he tells her he lo'es her and asks her tae leave her mammie's cot and tent the farms wi' him, she gies her consent.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Ballad, Love Poetry · 514 words
First lines
To its ain tune.
There was a lass, and she was fair, / At kirk or market to be seen; / When a' our fairest maids were met, / The fairest maid was bonie Jean.
Genres
- Ballad — Rhyming fower-line stanzas tell o' Jeanie's love for Robie, and the opening note sets the verse tae its ain tune.
- Love Poetry — Jeanie's care, Robie's declaration o' love and her consent mak their coortship the subject o' the verse.
Tags
love · coortship · farm wark · ballad
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Ballad, Love Poetry
- Length: 514 words
- Structure: 1 section, 13 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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