Her Flowing Locks by Robert Burns
The speaker passionately admires a woman’s beauty, dwelling on her raven-dark flowing hair, graceful neck and bosom, dew-wet rose-like lips, lovely mouth, and cheeks whose celestial crimson seems even more divine.
By Robert Burns · First published 1793 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Romantic Poetry · 80 words
First lines
Her flowing locks, the raven's wing, / Adown her neck and bosom hing; / How sweet unto that breast to cling, / And round that neck entwine her!
Her lips are roses wat wi' dew, / O' what a feast her bonie mou'! / Her cheeks a mair celestial hue, / A crimson still diviner!
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Genres
- Lyric Poetry — A short, musical verse centered on the speaker's immediate admiration and sensual emotional response to a woman's beauty.
- Love Poetry — The poem expresses romantic and erotic attraction through intimate wishes to embrace and kiss the beloved.
- Romantic Poetry — It idealizes the beloved through heightened emotion, natural imagery, and reverent descriptions of physical beauty.
- Scottish Poetry — Burns employs Scots diction such as 'wat,' 'bonie mou',' and 'mair,' placing the poem within the Scottish vernacular tradition.
Tags
Scottish lyric poetry · love poem · romantic admiration · female beauty · sensual desire · idealized beloved · raven-black hair · flowing locks · neck and bosom · rose-like lips · crimson cheeks · physical intimacy
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: 1793 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Scottish Poetry, Pastoral Poetry
- Length: 80 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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