Robert Burns

1.

Robert
Burns
ROBERT BURNS

2.

Robert Burns was born in 1759.
He was great poet of Scotland.

3.

His father, William Burns, was a small farmer. Robert and
his brother
helped their
father to work on the farm.

4.

Robert learned from his father
to love and understand other
people.

5.

From his mother Robert learned Scottish fork-songs .

6.

When Robert `s mother worked she often sang old
country -side songs. In the evening she told the children
popular folk – tales.

7.

Robert's father wanted very much to give his children an education.
But Robert and his brother helped
their father on the farm, so they
had very little time for doing
homework.

8.

Robert began to write poems when he was 15
years old. All his poems are full of the heroes of
his mother’s stories, and the farmers and
workmen of the countryside. They are full of
life.

9.

Today Burn’s work is known and loved by
millions of people.

10.

Robert Burns died in 1796.