The Auld Farmer's New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie
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"The Auld Farmer's New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie" is a humorous and affectionate Scots-language poem by Robert Burns in which an old farmer addresses and praises his faithful workhorse on New Year’s morning.
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Target entity: The Auld Farmer's New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie Context triple: [Poems of Robert Burns, containsWork, The Auld Farmer's New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie]
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Target entity: The Auld Farmer's New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie Target entity description: "The Auld Farmer's New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie" is a humorous and affectionate Scots-language poem by Robert Burns in which an old farmer addresses and praises his faithful workhorse on New Year’s morning.
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A.
Pastoral Friends
Pastoral Friends are a branch of Quakerism characterized by programmed worship services, pastoral leadership, and more evangelical Christian theology compared to traditional unprogrammed Friends.
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B.
The Robber Bridegroom
The Robber Bridegroom is a dark Grimm Brothers fairy tale about a young woman who discovers her seemingly charming fiancé is actually a murderous bandit.
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C.
The Milk-Eyed Mender
The Milk-Eyed Mender is the 2004 debut studio album by American singer-songwriter and harpist Joanna Newsom, noted for its intricate lyrics, distinctive vocals, and folk-inspired arrangements.
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D.
The Farmer’s Daughter
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E.
The Baker's Wife
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Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Scots-language poem
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poem ⓘ |
| addressee | his auld mare Maggie ⓘ |
| author | Robert Burns ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| depicts |
Scottish rural farming life
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a working farm horse ⓘ |
| form | lyric monologue ⓘ |
| genre |
comic verse
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pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Maggie ⓘ |
| language | Scots ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Scottish literature of the 18th century ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | an auld farmer ⓘ |
| meter | rhymed stanzas ⓘ |
| partOf | the works of Robert Burns ⓘ |
| portrays | emotional bond between farmer and horse ⓘ |
| praises | the mare’s long service ⓘ |
| setting | a New Year’s morning ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a farmer addressing his old mare ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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gratitude ⓘ human–animal companionship ⓘ loyalty ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| tone |
affectionate
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humorous ⓘ |
| uses | vernacular Scots vocabulary ⓘ |
| writtenInDialect | Ayrshire Scots ⓘ |
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Subject: The Auld Farmer's New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie Description of subject: "The Auld Farmer's New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie" is a humorous and affectionate Scots-language poem by Robert Burns in which an old farmer addresses and praises his faithful workhorse on New Year’s morning.
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Poems of Robert Burns
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The Auld Farmer's New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie
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his auld mare Maggie
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The Auld Farmer’s New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie
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his auld mare Maggie
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work
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The Auld Farmer’s New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie
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Kilmarnock Edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
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The Auld Farmer’s New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie
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linked to: The Auld Farmer's New-Year Morning Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie