Robert burns biography powerpoint project
About Robert Burns Also known as Rabbie Burns and the Bard of Ayrshire He is famous for writing many poems and songs and is known as the national poet of.
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ROBERT BURNS (25 January 1759 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Title: ROBERT BURNS (25 January 1759
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ROBERT BURNS (25 January 1759 21 July 1796)
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HIS LIFE
- Robert Burns (25 January 1759 21 July 1796)
(also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite
son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire and
in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a Scottish
poet and a lyricist.He is widely regarded as the
national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated
worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who
have written in the Scots language, although much
of his writing is also in English and a "light"
Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond
Scotland.
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- Burns was born in Alloway, South Ayrshire, the
eldest of the seven children of William Burness
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- He was born in a house built by his father (now
the Burns Cottage Museum), where he lived until
Easter 1766, when he was seven years old.
Burns grew up in poverty and hardship, however,
his casual love affai