The Cotter's Saturday Night | |
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by Robert Burns | |
![]() "The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes", engraving by William Miller. | |
Written | Winter, 1785-86 |
First published in | 31 July 1786 |
Country | Scotland |
Language | English and Scots |
Form | Spenserian stanza |
Rhyme scheme | ABABBCBCC |
Publisher | John Wilson |
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The Cotter's Saturday Night is a poem by Robert Burns that was first published in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect in 1786.