A Red, Red Rose
ROBERT BURNS
My love is like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June
My love is like a melody
So sweetly played in tune
As fair art thou my bonnie lass
So deep in love am I
And I would love thee still my dear
Though all the seas gone dry
Though all the seas gone dry my dear
And the rocks melt with the sun
I would love thee still my dear
Though the sands of time may run
So fare thee well my bonnie lass
And fare thee well awhile

Lesson
1
Simile

6

And I would come to you again
Though we were ten thousand miles
Though we were ten thousand miles my dear
Though we were ten thousand miles
I would come to you again
Though we were ten thousand miles
1. What is the title of the poem?
2. Who is the poet?
3. How many stanzas are there in the poem?
4. In stanza 1, how is love being compared to?
5. What word did the poet use when he compared love to a song?