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    by her looks. The poem ends with a message in the last stanza saying “To see oursels as ithers see us!” (Burns). Understanding the summary of the poem, the story can be further explored by looking at the background and literary devices. In evaluating this poem, one can gain an insight on the historical context, irony, and how this literary device affects the audience’s thoughts. Robert Burns uses this poem to give the reader an awareness of his life as a poor Scott at the time. This unique style

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    I admire Ursula Burns as a phenomenal woman and business leader. Ursula is undoubtedly a superior leader. Ursula M. Burns (born September 20, 1958) is an American business leader who has been chairwoman of Xerox since 2010, and was Xerox CEO from 2009-2016. Burns was the first African American woman CEO to head a fortune 500 company. She is also the first woman to succeed another woman as head of a fortune 500 company. In 2014, Forbes rated her the 22nd most powerful woman in the world. (Wikipedia

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    When writing about Robert Burns, there are few details that we need to mention and clarify, not just regarding his literary ambition and work, but also his personal and social life. Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759, in the village of Alloway, several miles south of Ayr ( Burgh in Scotland ). His parents, Willian Burns and Agnes Broun, were poor tenant farmers, but still they realized that education was necessary and important and they ensured their son received a relatively good education

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    The engineering career of Ursula Burns began as a summer intern at Xerox in 1980; in 2009, she became the first African-American female CEO. In a dialogue before a group at MIT sharing their feelings regarding her rise in leadership, Ursula Burns, spoke of her family's modest beginnings, living in the projects in the lower east side of Manhattan. Where she and her siblings were encouraged excelling, shielded them and kept safe. Steadfastness through her main beliefs of where one may live does not

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    Robert Burns wrote the poem “To a Louse” in 1786, in Scotland, that emphasizes the social constructs of man and as well as man’s vanity. Burns then goes on in further detail to explain the artificial concept of social class and perspective of the individual in society. He does this by describing one day sitting in church where he is behind gorgeous young noble woman while a louse is crawling upon her silken bonnet. The lady is completely oblivious to the fact that the louse is upon her bonnet while

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    Robert Burns On the 25th of January in 1759, Robert Burns was the first born of William Burnes and Agnes Broun in Alloway, Scotland. The eldest of seven children, Robert grew up to be the poet that is well known today for his many famous poems, including “A Red, Red Rose.” Burns’ work was influenced by occurrences in his life, with his poems often discussing love, “aspects of farm life, regional experience, traditional culture, class culture and distinctions, and religious practice” (The Poetry

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    the fact that it only covers a duration of three days, is set in only four locations and generally uses short sentences written using a simple writing style. Its title is taken from ‘To a Mouse’, which was written by Scottish poet Robert Burns. In this poem, Burns accidentally ploughs through a mouse’s nest, ultimately destroying its home. This title gives the reader an idea of the fate that awaits its characters as its use signifies the moral of the story, which is that even well prepared plans often

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    The title of this book is actually comes from a poem “To a Mouse”, which is written in Scots dialect, by the 18th century Scottish poet Robert Burns. It is about a mouse which carefully builds a winter nest in a wheat field, but it was destroyed by a ploughman. The mouse had dreamed of a safe and warm winter but now it have to face the harsh reality of cold, loneliness and possible death. This is relevant to the novel Of Mice and Men in two ways. First, the characters in the story are seem to be

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    Robert Burns Robert Burns “A Red Red Rose” On the romanticism era Robert Burns wrote the poem named “A Red Red Rose.” In this poem Burns writes about his love for a girl and how strong and deep it is for her, as he says “ I will love thee still my dear, till a’ the seas gang dry.” Robert Burns was born on January 25th, 1759 in Alloway Scotland. Parents William Burns and Agnes Broun, his parents were farmers, though they lived in that life of farming they wanted their son Robert Burns to have

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    people listened to was The Burns and Allen Show, starring George Burns and Gracie Allen.

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