Post #13: Robert Burns Required Materials
Robert Burns Supper Individual Paragraph: Moving away from his bitter and contemptuous review of society, the narrator's tone becomes passionate and protective as he shifts to address his daughter. The narrator builds his character as a loving, doting father, referring to his daughter as "my bonny" (ll. 13, 19) and promising her that she's no worse off than if she had been legitimate, as he will still love her "as near and dear [to] my hear" (l. 21). He seals this proclamation by his faith and promises to guide her through whatever hatred and taunts the world can produce, reassuring her that even the priests have seen him helping "out o' Hell" (l. 24). The narrator seemingly embraces being a "fornicator" (l. 7) and upholds that even if his daughter was "unsought for" (l. 14) and he had to endure much hardship just to keep her, he believes his daughter to be worth the fight and that she was "no unwrought for"...
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