The Burns stanza is a verse form named after the Scottish poet Robert Burns , who used it in some fifty poems. It was not, however, invented by Burns, and prior to his use of it was known as the standard Habbie , after the piper Habbie Simpson (1550–1620). It is also sometimes known as the Scottish stanza or six-line stave . It is found in Middle English in the Romance of Octovian (Octavian). It was also found in mediaeval Provençal poems and miracle plays from the Middle Ages.
6-453: Habbie may refer to: The Habbie stanza or standard Habbie , also known as the Burns stanza Habbie Simpson , Scottish piper from Kilbarchan whom the stanza is ultimately named after Any inhabitant of Kilbarchan (informal usage) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
12-446: Is six lines in length and rhymes AAABAB, with tetrameter A lines and dimeter B lines. The second B line may or may not be repeated. Although the "Lament for Habbie" itself is strictly lyrical, subsequent uses have tended to be comic and satirical, as this passage from Burns shows: O THOU! whatever title suit thee— Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie, Wha in yon cavern grim an' sootie, Clos'd under hatches, Spairges about
18-480: The brunstane cootie, To scaud poor wretches! Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee, An' let poor damned bodies be; I’m sure sma' pleasure it can gie, Ev'n to a deil, To skelp an' scaud poor dogs like me, An' hear us squeel! A variation on the Burns stanza employs the rhyme scheme AABCCCB, with foreshortened third and seventh lines. This form is deployed, for example, in W. H. Auden 's poem "Brother, who when
24-436: The sirens roar" (also known as "A Communist to Others"): Brothers, who when the sirens roar From office, shop and factory pour 'Neath evening sky; By cops directed to the fug Of talkie-houses for a drug, Or down canals to find a hug Until you die: (lines 1–7) Auden uses similar verse forms in other poems in the collection Look, Stranger! (also known as On This Island ), such as " The Witnesses " and "Out on
30-546: The title Habbie . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Habbie&oldid=1183305280 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Burns stanza The first notable poem written in this stanza
36-576: Was the "Lament for Habbie Simpson; or, the Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan" by Robert Sempill the younger . The stanza was used frequently by major 18th-century Lowland Scots poets such as Robert Fergusson and Robert Burns and has been used by subsequent poets. Major poems in the stanza include Burns's " To a Mouse ", " To a Louse ", " Address to the Deil " and "Death and Doctor Hornbook". The stanza
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