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b'Two Burns poems -- "A Poet\'s Welcome to his love-begotten Daughter; the first instance that entitled him to the venerable appellation of Father," and "To a Mouse, On turning her up in her Nest, with the Plogu, November, 1785."\\xa0 (This latter required some thought in class about what exactly was going on agriculturally.\\xa0 Feel free to comment on this [or anything] at amimetobios.com!)\\xa0 The shifts in Burns\'s language between Scots light and near-standard English.\\xa0 The distance therefore between speaker and poet.\\xa0 Comparison to Wordsworth\'s writing in the "natural language of natural men."\\xa0 Then Blake\'s "To the Evening Star" and a couple of Songs of Innocence and of Experience.\\xa0 The title of "Songs of Innocence" considered as already impying duality.\\xa0 The two Chimney Sweep poems.'