A Red, Red Rose Questions Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not
just one right answer. - Should Burns's strange spellings (e.g.
"luve") be modernized, changed, or altered? What are the
advantages and disadvantages of modifying the spelling? - How do
you think the fact that Burns was a farmer affected his poetry?
What about this poem in particular? - How do you feel about a
poet rhyming the same word (e.g. "luve" and "luve" in the fourth
stanza, "dear" and "dear" in the third stanza)? Is that taking
the easy way out? Or is there another way to spin it? - Why do
you think the poem's first line—"my luve is like a red, red
rose"—has remained popular for so long? - What does it really
mean to compare love to a rose? To a "melodie"? - Isn't this
just a standard love poem? What's so great about it? - If Burns
took these lines from old Scottish tunes, how come we call this
a Burns poem? Isn't it just a rehash of other folks' stuff? Next
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