ROBERT BURNS’ LOVE STORY THAT INFLUENCES IN A RED, RED ROSE POEM
Theoretical background
A red, red rose
is one of famous poem by Robert Burns, and was written to be sung. It talks
about the romanticism of his “someone”. Someone here seems having a close relationship
with the speaker, because he describes “The Someone” with hyperbolic and
flowering words. By using the expressive approach, we assume to analyze the
historical background of the poet why he wrote this poem.
Robert
Burns was born in Alloway, Ayrshire ,
Scotland
The
family worked hard on the Ayrshire farm and at several others, but their lives
were never made easier. Ongoing troubles with landlords and their agents fueled
the rebellion that Burns felt against authority, which later became a major
theme in his poetry. In 1784 his father died, and the family moved a few miles
away to Mossgiel , Scotland Mauchline , Scotland
This paper will analyze how the speaker makes
the poem with so much romantic words and by using expressive theory what things
that motivated him and his love life which affects it at all.
Analysis
Burns was famous with his love affair; the first time he
writes the love poem is when he was fifteen years old. The poem was called "Handsome Nell" and was
about his first love for a girl named Nellie Blair. Throughout his life, Burns
was a charming and witty man, attracting the attention of numerous women. Burns,
in a later comment on this poem, stated that he had "never had the least
thought or inclination of turning poet till I got once heartily in love, and
then rhyme and song were, in a manner, the spontaneous language of my
heart." (Online)
From the first and second line in A Red, Red Rose says:
O my Luve’s like a red, red rose
.That’s newly sprung in June.
O my Luve’s like the melodie.That’s sweetly play’d in tune
.
Burns
wants to symbolize his love as a single red rose; newly sprung in June means two
meanings; his love begins in June or the the best moment of his affection seems
like a rose which blooms its petals on spring. Why a single red rose? Not the
red roses (plural)? Because he conveys his love as one and only for the woman
he loves, since there is no comparison for his love towards her. Red is the
expected hue of the flower, the repetition of the adjective represents the
fullest and most adorable thing of the general meaning of rose.
The third and fourth line have meaning that he depicts his
love as a melody, a sound which makes him “dance” and follow the tunes and
always makes him feel happy. It seems like all his sorrow has gone, the
beautiness of the rose makes him forget his dreadful past however music could
make somebody feels better and relaxes mind even for a while.
Rose can be captured as a manifestation of a woman; the
question is “who is that woman?” . Many research tell that A Red, Red Rose
might have given to Jean Armour, his lovely one. In
1786, at age 27, Robert Burns went through a major turning point in his life.
He suffered a disappointing love affair with Jean Armour, who was pregnant with
his twin sons. The local community and Armour's father were outraged by the
affair and her father rejected Burns's offer of marriage. (Online)
Depressed, Burns made plans to leave Scotland and sail to Jamaica
in the West Indies . To finance the trip, Burns
submitted a volume of his poetry for publication. The publication of 612 copies
in a simple, unbound volume was called "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish
Dialect," also sometimes known as "The Kilmarnock Edition." The
poems were well received in Edinburgh by socialites who were enchanted by the
poems and amazed that a poor farmer could write so well.
Instead of planning his escape to a new world, Burns
planned a trip to Edinburgh. His confident manner, and his intelligence brought
Burns popularity and admiration. Soon, a second publication of his work was
executed in Edinburgh. During his live in Edinburgh ,
Robert Burns met printer James Johnson, who planned a project to print all of
the folk songs in Scotland Scotland
Those
are written in the fifth until ninth lines:
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my Dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.
“ As fair
as thou” means that he captures
Jean as a clearly and bright creature, enlightens him so everything seems
exciting. “My Bonnie lass”, means the
good last or th last good for him, although he has many affairs and maybe he
cheats from Jean, but at that time the speaker was so deeply in love with her.
And I will luve thee still, my Dear,
means he will always love his darling
even the distance separates them. We know that Burns had his first journey to
Jamaica but he keeps his feeling still to Jean Armour, the sense of both
affection remains him so much. Till a’ the seas gang dry,
he will always be into her until the seas going dry or the end comes to him by.
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my Dear.
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun.
And I will luve thee still, my Dear,
We can see the repeatation of those lines Till a’ the seas gang dry, my Dear.
And I will luve thee still, my Dear,
means that he convinces his deep desire towards Jean, assures her to lock their
love inside. And the rocks melt wi’ the sun, has a
mean that his journey to another world has no meaning, the speaker is
suffocated because of he must leave his love behind.
While the sands o’ life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only Luve!
And fare thee weel, awhile!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile!
O’ life
shall run in the line eleven means
that he proebly regrets his journey to Jamaica because he thinks he does not
deserve a treatment like he got from Jean Armour’s father. Fare thee weel means that
how far he goes or she goes that only counts a temporary distance, just for a
while for say. And he promises to his own love that he would come back for a
good reason and better future.
Conclusion
One
of the most famous songs that Robert Burns wrote for this project and first
published in 1794 was "A Red, Red Rose." Burns wrote it as a
traditional ballad, four verses of four lines each. It begins with a quatrain containing two similes. Burns
compares his love with a springtime blooming rose and then with a sweet melody.
These are popular poetic images and this is the stanza most commonly quoted
from the poem.
This poem is originally dedicated forthe speaker’s
dearest woman in life, even though he gets many lover in his whole years but
the speakers was truly deep in love when he made A Red, Red Rose. Her name is Jean Armour, a native Scottish woman, whose
affection and charmness will have made addiction to Robert Burns. Since her
father was furious of the author, they had to separated their pure love in
distance. But far away the speaker goes through the ocean, he keeps his feeling
still.
Another
happy outcome of this turning point in Robert Burns's life is that he was able
to return home and marry his beloved Jean Armour, now with the blessing of her
family. Maybe it is because she born twin sons and the speaker finally finds
his better future, and proves that he is not a poor man anymore. That is why
this poem is very popular; because of the sad story of true love and it is
hidden by the vigorous words which talk about the veracity of faithful love.
References
Perrine,
Laurence. Sound and Sense: A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns (page 111). New
York: Harcourt, Brace, & World, Inc.
Robert Burns Biography - life, family, children, parents,
death, wife, book, old, information, born
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Br-Ca/Burns-Robert.html#ixzz1JsNwB4JZ
http://languageisavirus.com/articles/writing/poetry/20126.php
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