How To Write A Poem Like Robert Burns
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How To Write A Poem Like Robert Burns
Learn to write like Scotland's most famous poet in this step-by-step guide. Burns poetry expert Esther Rutter from the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum gives tips, hints and inspiration on how to mimic the Bard.
Top Tips
- Before you write your poem, look very carefully at the object, person or place you would like to write about.
- Read as much of Burns' poetry as you can to get a feel for the sorts of topics, the style of language and the rhyming patterns he liked to use.
- Use the Scots words for the people, places and things you're describing. Burns used the language that he heard around him everyday and you can do the same in your poem.