On being Shewn a Beautiful Country Seat
The speaker acknowledges that the beautiful country seat belongs to Cardoness, then taunts him as a eunuch and tells him to keep its beauties for others to enjoy.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Epigram, Satirical Poetry · 44 words
First lines
Belonging to the same Laird.
We grant they're thine, those beauties all, / So lovely in our eye; / Keep them, thou eunuch, Cardoness, / For others to enjoy!
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Epigram, Satirical Poetry
- Length: 44 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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Genres
- Epigram — Four short lines turn an acknowledgment of ownership into a pointed insult.
- Satirical Poetry — The speaker ridicules Cardoness by contrasting his possession of the beauties with others' enjoyment.
Tags
country estates · ownership · mockery · epigram