Address To A Deil Flashcards
1
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Structure
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Stanza
1-4 challenging the devil
5-14 devil interfering with people’s lives
14-19 biblical stories and the devil
20-21 final reflections
2
Q
Themes
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Reflection on Calvinist teachings
Religion
Supernatural
3
Q
Personal / narrative stance
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Country man filled with Burns scepticism
4
Q
Standard habbie
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- six lines
- 1-3 long lines rhyme with line 5
- 4 and 6 rhyme only
Builds up momentum of 1st three lines and does something different for last three lines
Two short lines provide an ironic statement
5
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Summary
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A comical poem where Burns addresses the devil to share his sympathy towards him. Ironically the devil is innocent for once and Burns explains this in the four main sections of the poem.
