Robert Burns was a Scottish peasant poet. He was born in a tenant farmer family in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1759. He came from a poor family and had no formal education. He was self-taught and composed poetry while farming. Later he became a tax official. . He collected and compiled Scottish folk songs and published "Scottish Folk Songs". Burns wrote and compiled more than 300 poems and ballads throughout his life. These poems extol the magnificent scenery of Scotland and express the simple friendship and love of workers. They are rich in musicality and full of radical free thoughts. Many poems such as "The Liberty Tree" and "Auld Lang Syne" are world-famous. He occupies a special place in the history of British literature, and his former home is now a famous tourist attraction in Scotland.