Robert Burns

"Robert Burns" by John Campbell Shairp is a late 19th-century biography that paints a picture of the famous Scottish poet, Robert Burns. It explores how Burns overcame challenges and achieved success while showing the world that affected his work. Shairp wants to give readers a good look into Burns' personality and talent while emphasizing that people still admire the poet long after he died. The story begins with Burns' early life in Ayrshire, where he was born in a small home, and his family didn't have everything. Shairp also talks about Burns' father, William Burness, and how the poet's parents' love and encouragement led him to start writing poetry about his first experiences with love. This beginning prepares us to understand how Burns' early problems with love, goals, and society influenced his poetry and his experiences with stardom in Edinburgh.