On an Innkeeper in Tarbolton
written in 1795
On an Innkeeper in Tarbolton - fact Summary
About a Tarbolton Innkeeper
This very short piece functions as a satirical epitaph aimed at an innkeeper named A. Manson in Tarbolton. In two lines Burns records the man among "useless matters" and mocks his "endless clatters," reducing him to an annoyance worth burying in verse. The poem reflects Burns’s local eye and his habit of lampooning acquaintances from the village where he lived and worked. Its bluntness and economy turn personal irritation into a memorable, biting judgment.
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