"A Red, Red Rose," by Robert Burns copy (Ramirez copy)
Author: 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.
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again, my luve,
Though it were ten thousand mile.
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I feel like this poet is describing his lover as a rose, soft, very beautiful.
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What is a ‘bonnie lass’? I’m assuming it means like a female, a beautiful one at that, but i’d like an opinion from the perspective of another student.
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“Till a’ the seas gang dry”? Does this mean “until the sea runs dry”? I’m understanding that the author may have written this in shakespearian language or scottish.
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Is he saying “I will love you until the world ends..”?
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This could be a bit of a reach, but what if this whole poem is in the perspective of a man who’s in love with a woman who doesn’t love him back, so he resorts to stalking her. He watches her from a specific spot every day, and this could be him saying that he’ll see her when she returns.
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