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ared,redroseThemeBurnsclearlystatesandrestatesthetheme:Thespeakerlovestheyoungladybeyondmeasure.Theonlywayhecanexpresshisloveforheristhroughvividsimilesandhyperboliccomparisons....Red,RedRoseByRobertBurnsWrittenin17941OmyLuve’slikeared,redrose,That’snewlysprunginJune:OmyLuve’slikethemelodie,That’ssweetlyplay’dintune.Summary,Stanza1Thespeakerpresentstwosimiles,thefirstcomparinghislovetoaroseandthesecondcomparinghislovetoamelody.Thespeakeralsousesrepetitiontoechohissentiments--myluve'slikeinlines1and3;that'snewlyandthat'ssweetly(pronoun,verb,andadverbcombinations)inlines2and4.Asfairartthou,mybonnielass,SodeepinluveamI;AndIwillluvetheestill,mydear,Tilla’theseasgangdry.Summary,Stanza2Thespeakeraddressestheyoungladyasbonnie(pretty).BonnieisderivedfromtheFrenchwordbon(good).Inthelastlineofthestanza,a'meansallandgangmeansgo.Thislineintroducestothepoemhyperbole,afigureofspeechthatexaggerates.Tilla’theseasgangdry,mydear,Andtherocksmeltwi’thesun:AndIwillluvetheestill,mydear,Whilethesandso’lifeshallrun.Summary,Stanza3Thespeakerlinksthefirstlineofthethirdstanzawiththelastlineofthesecondstanzabyrepetition.Thespeakercontinueshyperboleinthesecondandfourthlines.Healsoagainreliesonrepetitioninthethirdlinebyrepeatingthethirdlineofthesecondstanza.Andfare-thee-weel,myonlyLuve,Andfare-thee-weel,awhile!AndIwillcomeagain,myLuve,Tho’'tweretenthousandmile!Summary,Stanza4Thespeakeragainaddresseshisbeloved,notingthatthoughhemustleaveherforawhilehewillreturnforherevenifhemusttraveltenthousandmiles.Repetitionoccursinthefirstandsecondlines,andhyperboleoccursinthelastline.Fare-thee-weelmeansfaretheewell.AnalysisofBurn'sPoemARed,RedRose'ARed,RedRose',wasfirstpublishedin1794inASelectionofScotsSongs,editedbyPeterUrbani.Writteninballadstanzas,theverse-readtodayasapoem–piecestogetherconventionalideasandimagesofloveinawaythattranscendsthelowornon-literarysourcesfromwhichthepoemisdrawn.Init,thespeakercompareshislovefirstwithabloomingroseinspringandthenwithamelodysweetlyplay'dintune.Ifthesesimilesseemthetypicalfodderforlove-songlyricists,thesecondandthirdstanzasintroducethesubtlerandmorecompleximplicationsoftime.Intryingtoquantifyhisfeelings-andinsearchingfortheperfectmetaphortodescribetheeternalnatureofhislove-thespeakerinevitablycomesupagainstlove'sgreatestlimitation,thesandso'life.Thisimageofthehour-glassforcesthereadertoreassessofthepoem'sfirstandloveliestimage:Ared,redroseisitselfanobjectofanhour,newlysprungonlyinJuneandafterwardsubjecttothedecayoftime.ThistreatmentoftimeandbeautypredictstheworkofthelaterRomanticpoets,whotookBurns'sworkasanimportantinfluence.