Epitaph for Mr. William Michie by Robert Burns

The epitaph names Willie Michie, schoolmaister o Cleish Parish in Fifeshire, an bids Satan gie him his weans tae teach, sae he'll mak them clever deils.

By Robert Burns · Genre: Epigram, Humor · 48 words

First lines

Schoolmaster of Cleish Parish, Fifeshire.

Here lie Willie Michie's banes; / O Satan, when ye tak him, / Gie him the schulin o' your weans, / For clever deils he'll mak them!

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Genres

• Epigram — Fower rhyming lines turn a notice o Willie's banes intae a joke aboot teachin Satan's weans.
• Humor — The speaker bids Satan employ the deid schoolmaister tae mak his weans clever deils.

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epitaph · schoolmaisters · schulin · deils

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• Work type: Poem
• Author: Robert Burns
• Date: Date unknown
• Genres: Epigram, Humor
• Length: 48 words
• Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs

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