Английская Википедия:Halloween (poem)
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Шаблон:Quote box "Halloween" is a poem written by the Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1785.[1] First published in 1786, the poem is included in the Kilmarnock Edition. It is one of Burns' longer poems, with twenty-eight stanzas, and employs a mixture of Scots and English.[2][3]
Background
The poet John Mayne from Dumfries, "a comparatively obscure follower of the Scottish Muses," wrote a poem about Halloween in 1780.[4] Having twelve stanzas, the poem makes note of pranks at Halloween; "What fearfu' pranks ensue!", as well as the supernatural associated with the night, "Bogies" (ghosts).[4][5] The poem appeared in Ruddimans Weekly Magazine, November 1780, published by Walter Ruddiman in Edinburgh.[4] That the Ayrshire poet Burns actually saw and was influenced by Mayne's composition is apparent, as he appears to communicate with Mayne's work, and also echoes some of his imagery.[4][6] According to Burns, Halloween is "thought to be a night when witches, devils, and other mischief-making beings are all abroad on their baneful midnight errands".[7]
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- ↑ Robert Burns, Alexander Smith Poems, songs, and letters: being the complete works of Robert Burns, edited from the best printed and manuscript authorities with glossarial index and a biographical memoir Macmillan and co., 1868
- ↑ BBC - Robert Burns - Halloween BBC
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 Robert Chambers The life and works of Robert Burns, Volume 1 Lippincott, Grambo & co., 1854
- ↑ Ulster Scots - Words and Phrases:"Bogie" BBC Retrieved December 16, 2010
- ↑ Thomas Crawford Burns: a study of the poems and songs Stanford University Press, 1960
- ↑ Charles Knight (1833) The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1 p.342. Retrieved January 14, 2011
