Immortal Memory speech

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The Immortal Memory speech is a central tribute delivered at Burns Night celebrations, honoring the life, work, and enduring legacy of the Scottish poet Robert Burns.

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Label Occurrences
Immortal Memory speech canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Burns Night tradition ⓘ
ceremonial speech ⓘ
toast ⓘ
associatedWith Burns Night ⓘ
audience guests at a Burns supper ⓘ
concludesWith formal toast to the immortal memory of Robert Burns ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
culturalContext Scottish culture ⓘ
Scottish diaspora communities ⓘ
customarilyAccompaniedBy drinking of whisky ⓘ
customarilyAccompaniedBy raising of glasses ⓘ
followsInSequence Address to a Haggis ⓘ
genre commemorative oratory ⓘ
epideictic rhetoric ⓘ
hasVariant extended Immortal Memory ⓘ
short Immortal Memory ⓘ
honors Robert Burns ⓘ
includes assessment of Robert Burns’s cultural impact ⓘ
biographical overview of Robert Burns ⓘ
discussion of Robert Burns’s poetry ⓘ
discussion of Robert Burns’s songs ⓘ
quotation from Robert Burns’s works ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
mainSubject legacy of Robert Burns ⓘ
life of Robert Burns ⓘ
works of Robert Burns ⓘ
notableTheme literary heritage ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
romanticism ⓘ
social justice in Burns’s work ⓘ
partOf Burns Night ritual structure ⓘ
performedAt Burns supper ⓘ
linked to: Burns Night
performedBy Burns enthusiast ⓘ
invited speaker ⓘ
literary scholar ⓘ
performedOnOccasion Burns Night ⓘ
precedesInSequence Toast to the Lassies ⓘ
linked to: Address to a Haggis
purpose to celebrate the enduring influence of Robert Burns ⓘ
to pay tribute to Robert Burns ⓘ
relatedTo Address to a Haggis ⓘ
Reply to the Toast to the Lassies ⓘ
Toast to the Lassies ⓘ
setting Burns club gathering ⓘ
formal dinner ⓘ
timePeriodOfPractice 19th century to present ⓘ
typicalDateOfOccasion 25 January ⓘ

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Burns Night → hasPart → Immortal Memory speech ⓘ