“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.”
These are the opening lines of the poem ‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns. In these lines, by the use of Simile, the poet tells that his beloved is like that red rose which is newly blossomed in the month of June. He then calls her the melody which is sweetly played in tune. Thus, these lines give a description of poet’s beloved.
“And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.”
These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns. After describing his beloved as a red rose, and a sweet melody, the poet now addresses his beloved and tells her that he will love her till all the seas dry up; he will love her until eternity and beyond.
“Had we never lov'd sae kindly,
Had we never lov'd sae blindly,
Never met—or never parted—
We had ne'er been broken-hearted.”
These lines are from Robert Burns’ poem ‘Ae Fond Kiss’ and profoundly describes the pain of parting as poet wishes that if he and his beloved had never loved so kindly and blindly, their pain would have been lesser. If they had never met, they would never have to part from one another and they would never have been heartbroken.
