Burn’s Red Red Rose is right up there with a red, red heart. In one of the most famous love poems of all time, Burns goes all out to express the wonder of love: It’s beautiful like a flower ...

Oh my Luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: Oh my Luve's like the melodie, That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve ...

Poetic form is an integral aspect of all poems within this set; ‘Red, Red Rose’ is no different. This poem follows the formal conventions of traditional ballads and folksong. It is tightly ...