Alistair Braidwood Set to the tune of Peggy Bawn, 'Man Was Made to Mourn' is one of several poems in which Burns turned to the sentimental to explore the plight of the poor. The poet's brother ...

One that speaks not only in citizens, but aliens, it says, in the poor and in the rich. It's a poem which sees the radiance of the divine in all aspects of human life, from the sordidness of the ...

He’s a Welshman through and through. DAN That’s the best poem ever. KASIA I disagree. In my opinion, it’s a poor poem. It doesn’t rhyme. And it’s not true. Give me your notebook ...

Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge.” The famous lines, taken from The New Colossus by the 19th-century New York poet ...