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By Robert Burns. O my Luve is like a red, red rose. That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody. That’s sweetly played in tune. So 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.
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“A Red, Red Rose” is a poem composed by Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns. It was first published in 1794 in a collection of traditional Scottish songs set to music. Burns’s poem was inspired both by a simple Scots song he had heard in the country and by published ballads from the period.
‘A Red, Red Rose‘ is a romantic declaration of eternal love, where the speaker compares his love to both a fresh rose and a sweet melody before promising his beloved that his feelings will endure beyond time itself.
Robert Burns. 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. As fair are thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my Dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry.
One of Burns’s most famous and loved poems, centering around the now classic image of love and a red rose.
‘O my Luve is like a red, red rose’ is one of the most famous similes in all of poetry, one of the most recognisable opening lines, and one of the best-known romantic lines.
In A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns, the poet employs several poetic techniques to express the depth of his love and commitment. Through vivid imagery, he compares his love to a red, red rose that blooms freshly in June, evoking the beauty and fragility of nature.
