The Farmer’s Ingle

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The Farmer’s Ingle is a celebrated Scots-language pastoral poem by Robert Fergusson that vividly portrays the warmth and routines of rural farm life in 18th-century Scotland.

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instanceOf Scots-language poem
pastoral poem
poem
author Robert Fergusson
countryOfOrigin Scotland
depicts daily routines of a Scottish farming family
rural farm life in 18th-century Scotland
warmth of the farmhouse hearth
genre pastoral poetry
hasSetting a Lowland Scottish farm
hasStyle dialect verse
realist description
influenced Robert Burns
influencedWork The Cotter's Saturday Night
surface form: The Cotter’s Saturday Night
language Scots
literaryForm narrative poem
literaryMovement Scottish Enlightenment-era literature
literaryTradition Scots pastoral tradition
notableFor use of Scots vernacular
vivid realistic detail of Scottish rural life
originalLanguage Scots
portrays evening life around the farmhouse fireside
religious observance in a rural household
tasks of ploughmen and farm servants
theme family and community
relationship between humans and nature
rural domestic life
seasonal agricultural labor
timePeriodDepicted 18th century
writtenBy Robert Fergusson

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Robert Fergusson notableWork The Farmer’s Ingle