My Luve Is Like a Red Red Rose
written in 1794
My Luve Is Like a Red Red Rose - fact Summary
Written for Jean Armour
This is a straightforward love poem celebrating steadfast devotion. Using immediate, natural images of a red rose and a sweet melody, the speaker declares deep affection and makes hyperbolic vows—loving until seas dry, rocks melt, and the sands of life run—to express timeless, unshakeable commitment. The language is plain, heartfelt, and intended for a single beloved; it reads as an intimate pledge rather than philosophical reflection. The poem is traditionally associated with Burns’s relationship with Jean Armour and functions as a personal romantic declaration.
Read Complete AnalysesO my Luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: O my Luve's like the melodie, That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a' the seas gang dry , my dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun; And I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o' life shall run. And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve ! And fare-thee-weel, a while! And I will come again, my Luve, Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!
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