CALL Literary Reaction Journal 2

Reaction to “A Red Red Rose”

Ⅰ.Summary
 The poem I chose to summarize and react to is “A Red Red Rose” by Robert Burns.
The type of this poem seems to be lyric poetry because a man read to the poem for a woman that he likes.


Ⅱ.Reaction
1.Rhyme
 This poem has rhyme such as "June" and "tune", "sun" and "run". It gives the strong impression to a reader by rhyming, and a reader can imagine easily.

2.Metaphor
 There are a lot of metaphors in this poem. A man liken to his lovers like a red rose, melody, the seas, the rocks, the sands.

3.Connotation
 "Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
 And the rocks melt wi' the sun".
From this part, A man really loves to a woman.


Ⅲ.General opinion
 This poem and a man are very passionate. I think he calculated for close when he makes this poem, so I can imagine a woman and the scene.