On Andrew Turner by Robert Burns
The speaker mocks Andrew Turner wi a tale o the deil in 1749, takin stuff meant for a swine an shapin it intae something like a man.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Epigram, Satirical Poetry · 63 words
First lines
In se'enteen hunder'n forty-nine, / The deil gat stuff to mak a swine, / An' coost it in a corner; / But wilily he chang'd his plan, / An' shap'd it something like a man, / An' ca'd it Andrew Turner.
Genres
- Epigram — The sax rhyming lines end wi a sharp jibe that names the man shaped frae swine-stuff.
- Satirical Poetry — The speaker scorns Turner by sayin the deil made him frae stuff meant for a swine.
Tags
deil · swine · flytin · epigram
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Epigram, Satirical Poetry
- Length: 63 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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