In five pages this paper considers the underlying themes of poems 'Bed in Summer,' 'On the Idle Hill of Summer,' 'Love Among the Ruins, ' Morte d'Arthur,' 'To Autumn,' 'Silent, Silent Night, Lucy,' and 'Tam O'Shanter.' Eight sources are cited in the bibliography.
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wenching. However, despite is seeming trite subject matter, it can be said that there is more to it that that. The speed and pace of the narration alone draws the
reader into the story and the plight of the character. Burns employs the use of the octosyllabic couplet but uses it in such a flexible way as to add to
the overall tone of the poem. In summary, the poem itself is about Tam OShanter who stops by the local pub for a bit of carousing, disregarding his duties
to hearth and home and becomes ripping drunk. At some point he sobers up enough to realize that he does have to go home. To add to this shift, Burns
places a pause, and then deliberately switches from colloquialism to high proper English. "But pleasures are like poppies spread You seize
the flowr, its bloom is shed Or like the snow falls in the river A moment white then melts for ever Or like the borealis race That flit ere you
can point their place"(Burns,stanza 8). As he rides back through the woods toward home, he comes upon a wild orgy in the
woods, peopled with the wild creatures of the forest, witches and all sort of magical folk, including Satan, himself. Tam stops to watch for a while because one of the
witches is fetching. The poems warmth, strength of character, rhythm and rhyme scheme make it at once comical and serious, happy and
sad. The tone is one of mischief and suspense, almost mocking in some respects and sympathetic at others. SILENT, SILENT NIGHT: William Blake Blake was considered one of the
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