- 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 o’ Shanter” which, at 228 lines, is one of the longest poems Burns ever wrote.
- The opening scene of the poem – Tam drinks with his shoemaker friend, souter Johnnie, and flirts with the pub landlady while the landlord laughs at Johnnie's tales.
- Poems & Poets. Topics & Themes. Features. ... This truth fand honest Tam o' Shanter, As he frae Ayr ae night did canter: (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses
- Tam O’Shanter Lyrics. When chapmen billies leave the street, And drouthy neibors, neibors meet As market days are wearing late, An' folk begin to tak the...
- Poem Tam O Shanter by Robert Burns : When chapman billies leave the street, And drouthy neibors, neibors, meet; As market days are we.
- Perhaps one of his most famous poems is the comically macabre epic tale ‘Tam O’ Shanter’. Many of Burns’ works were influenced by his interest in folklore...
- This truth fand honest Tam o’ shanter, As he frae Ayr ae night did canter: (Auld Ayr, wham ne’er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonie lasses).
- Robert Burns’s poem ‘Tam o’ Shanter’ follows the titular hero, an Ayrshire farmer fond of drink and spending time with his mates...
- Read, review and discuss the Tam O'Shanter poem by Robert Burns on Poetry.com.
