A pioneering voice in the Romantic movement, in 2009 the poet was voted the greatest Scot in history in a poll conducted by STV. But while Burns holds a prominent place in the nation’s history, for many Scots, the blend of Scots dialect and English in his poems can be notoriously difficult to decipher.
A cursory keek at Red, Red Rose, A Man’s a Man for A’ That, Tam o’ Shanter and Auld Lang Syne.
