• Tam o' Shanter is a wonderful, epic poem in which Burns paints a vivid picture of the drinking classes in the old Scotch town of Ayr in the late 18th century.
  • One of these later poems is “Tam oShanter” which, at 228 lines, is one of the longest poems Burns ever wrote.
    • This truth fand honest Tam o' Shanter
    • As he frae Ayr ae night did canter
    More About This Poem. Tam O 'Shanter.
  • Robert Burns’s poemTam oShanter’ follows the titular hero, an Ayrshire farmer fond of drink and spending time with his mates...
  • Here is the epic Burns poem Tam OShanter. It is one of his longer poems and tells the tale of the drunkard Tam and his journey home one night where he sees...
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  • "Tam o' Shanter" is a narrative poem written by the Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1790, while living in Dumfries.
  • Here you will find the Long Poem Tam O'Shanter of poet Robert Burns. Tam O'Shanter.
  • Tam O' Shanter is a narrative poem written by the Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1790, while living in Dumfries, Scotland.
  • Tam oShanter is a narrative poem written by the Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1790. First published in 1791, it is one of Burns’s longer poems, and employs a...