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Love Robert Burns Song Ae Fond Kiss Explore

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Robert Burns - Song (Ae Fond Kiss)

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I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy,

Naething could resist my Nancy:

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•'ne'er blame' => no regret for liking her as she's irresistible => involuntary, obsessive love => coincides with typical Romantic view of compulsive love

•'Nancy' is the nickname for Agnes Maclehose

•'my' is a possessive pronoun, expresses longing and sense of entitlement => claiming ownership in a more spiritual way => patriarchy? => irony that she isn't actually his, hence their severance 

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