Context and Overview (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards
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Lallans
Lallans
Revived form of Lowland Scots
'The Bonnie Broukit Bairn' translation
'The Bonnie Broukit Bairn' translation
'The beautiful neglected child'
Mars in the poem
Mars in the poem
God of war
Venus in the poem
Venus in the poem
Goddess of love
Earth's depiction in poem
Earth's depiction in poem
Child with tear-streaked cheeks
Communist reading: wealthy planets symbolise
Communist reading: wealthy planets symbolise
Upper classes
Nationalist reading: 'broukit bairn' represents
Nationalist reading: 'broukit bairn' represents
Scotland itself
Hugh MacDiarmid's real name
Hugh MacDiarmid's real name
Christopher Murray Grieve
Scottish Renaissance
Scottish Renaissance
1920s literary movement revitalising Scottish culture
Sangschaw publication year
Sangschaw publication year
1925