Robert Burns - Collected Poems Of Robert Burns

This a collection of poetry by the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns, who was renowned for his poetic and song writing abilities and is often regarded as one of the pivotal, figures in Scottish literature. Burns wrote many of his works in the Scots dialect which has its origins in the Scottish Lowlands. It is a Germanic language with elements of Dutch thanks to the trade links in Edinburgh. Burns wrote in Scots and he also wrote in English. He is known for having one of the biggest vocabularies of any poet. He swore his allegiance to the Jacobite cause and was a noted Scottish nationalist and is a well quoted figure as well as having penned the song that people all over the world sing at New Year's, the famous song ''Auld Lang Syne''.