Project Gutenberg 2008-06-09 Public domain in the USA. 113 Burns, Robert 1759 1796 Miller, Harry L. Tam O'Shanter Reading ease score: 68.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Tamise Totterdell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Tam O'Shanter" by Robert Burns is a narrative poem written in the late 18th century. This classic Scottish work vividly explores the themes of drunkenness, the supernatural, and cautionary tales through the misadventures of its titular character. Through rich imagery and a playful use of language, Burns paints a lively picture of rural Scottish life, woven with folklore and moral lessons. The poem follows Tam O'Shanter, a farmer who enjoys a night of drinking with his friends at a local pub. Ignoring the warnings of his wise wife, Kate, Tam rides home late into the night, only to stumble upon a gathering of witches and warlocks dancing in a haunted church. Enarmed by the chaos and the enchanting witch, Nannie, he succumbs to temptation and shouts in admiration, triggering the furious pursuit of the witches. In a frantic escape, Tam leaps across a stream, thereby outwitting the specters who cannot cross running water. However, he loses his faithful mare, Maggie, in the process. The poem ends with a cautionary note about the potential consequences of indulgence, reminding readers of the balance between joy and responsibility. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Scottish poetry PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 39482 39492 2024-10-11T06:52:28.265541 2023-09-11T09:49:00.132197 text/html text/html 35773 2008-06-09T05:08:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 374925 2008-06-09T05:08:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 401510 2024-10-11T06:52:30.294530 application/epub+zip 400281 2024-10-11T06:52:28.773562 application/epub+zip 69933 2024-10-11T06:52:28.522543 application/epub+zip 434031 2024-10-11T06:52:31.634561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426604 2024-10-11T06:52:30.040748 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97461 2022-09-12T05:52:09.701228 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31437 31224 2024-10-11T06:52:28.085548 2023-09-11T09:48:59.981197 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 31325 2008-06-09T05:08:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11965 2008-06-09T05:08:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19740 2024-10-11T06:52:31.760527 application/rdf+xml 20935 2024-10-11T06:52:28.590551 image/jpeg 3312 2024-10-11T06:52:28.555537 image/jpeg 379819 2024-10-11T06:52:28.289570 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia