Robert Burns- Hollie Willie's Prayer

This poem, which was printed anonymously, and circulated illegally so to speak, is composed of 17 stanzas of six verses each, rhyming a a a b a b, which seems to be a recurrent feature in Burnss poems. (If you look quickly at the poems given in the collection, sort of a few seem to follow the same fig: To a Mouse, for example.)

Because we were focusing on the topic of religion abide week, I have mainly concentrated on the express topic for the analysis of the poem, although it seems sooner relevant.
What appears striking at offset printing is the satiric quality of this poem, which attacks one character in particular, and it seems important, to protrude with, to concentrate on the ways and means used by Burns to achieve this satirical portrait of a perform elder. Furthermore, what is denounced here is not religion as much(prenominal), but religiousism and the abnormal conduct of supposedly devout believers. And finally, what is at bet on is, beyond the attack on Willie Fisher himself, an indictement of strict Calvinistical theories.

1. Holy Willie, a Satire.

The speaker
The humour here seems to arise from the discrimination between what the speaker says, the I of the poem, and what one would expect from such a man as Burns.



The I of the poem is ostensibly not the poet himself, and it is not ambiguous as it is in some other poems: this fact is distinctly explained in the Argument preceding the poem itself. QUOTE.
The fact that Robert Burns embodies Holy Willie, and speaks for him seems to give his arguments more precedent than a mere criticism of Willies attitude. In fact, the ref is very nearly in the position of a tell on listening to Holy Willies prayer, i.e. a very individualized moment. The criticism does not come from Burns, so to speak, but from the absurdity of Willie Fishers speech.
Despite the fact that this poem is clearly an attack, one cannot ignore the humour underlying the poem, v.46 is a quite unambiguous example.
The position, or social status of the speaker, is also extremely...If you wish to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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