The Birks of Aberfeldy by Robert Burns
The speaker asks a bonie lassie tae spend simmer days at the birks o Aberfeldy, amang flowery braes, singin birdies and foamin water. The speaker sets luve and the lassie's company abune Fortune's gifts.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Nature Poetry, Lyric Poetry · 279 words
First lines
Tune-"The Birks of Abergeldie."
Chorus. -Bonie lassie, will ye go, / Will ye go, will ye go, / Bonie lassie, will ye go / To the birks of Aberfeldy!
Now Simmer blinks on flowery braes, / And o'er the crystal streamlets plays; / Come let us spend the lightsome days, / In the birks of Aberfeldy. / Bonie lassie, &c.
While o'er their heads the hazels hing, / The little birdies blythely sing, / Or lightly flit on wanton wing, / In the birks of Aberfeldy. / Bonie lassie, &c.
Genres
- Nature Poetry — The verses describe flowery braes, hazels, birdies, cliffs and water fa'in ower linns.
- Lyric Poetry — Rhyming stanzas and a repeated chorus carry the speaker's invitation tae a lassie and preference for luve ower Fortune's gifts.
Tags
simmer · birks · linns · birdies · luve
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Nature Poetry, Lyric Poetry
- Length: 279 words
- Structure: 1 section, 7 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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