In addition to poetry creation, Burns also collected a large number of Scottish folk songs, edited and published 6 volumes of Scottish Music Collection and 8 volumes of Scottish Original Songs Collection. Among them, The Past is famous not only in Scotland, but also in the world.
Burns's poems are of various genres. Apart from short lyric poems that people are familiar with, he is also good at satirical poems, object-chanting poems and narrative poems.
His satirical poems can be divided into two categories. One is to depict the world in a satirical style, such as the holy day market, which is a portrayal of everyone in the market, including satire on religious people. Another kind of satire is aimed at specific characters, the most famous of which is The Prayer of Old Willie. His poems are also very special and well structured. They often start with time, place and atmosphere, then talk about life, art or friendship affectionately, and finally end with witty remarks, which runs through a bold and lively style. A letter to Labrecque is an example. There don't seem to be many specific poems ...