Divine Service in the Kirk of Lamington
The speaker remarks on a cauld wind, a cauld kirk wi few folk in it, an a cauld minister, syne says they'll a' be het afore the speaker comes back.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Epigram, Satirical Poetry · 45 words
First lines
As cauld a wind as ever blew, / A cauld kirk, an in't but few: / As cauld a minister's e'er spak; / Ye'se a' be het e'er I come back.
Genres
- Epigram — Fower rhyming lines end wi a sharp turn frae the cauld service tae folk being het afore the speaker's return.
- Satirical Poetry — The verse mocks the minister's speech by ca'ing it as cauld as the wind an kirk.
Tags
kirk · minister · cauld · satire
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Epigram, Satirical Poetry
- Length: 45 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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