The notion that Robert Burns was inspired by nature - an appreciation of wild landscape, plants and animals - has been espoused and perpetuated for over a century by a long list of writers and speakers. Burns referred to flowers no fewer than 440 times; trees, 457; birds, 468; and landscape, 835 - a total of 2974 references in all, if one takes into account other categories.
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The notion that Robert Burns was inspired by nature - an appreciation of wild landscape, plants and animals - has been espoused and perpetuated for over a century by a long list of writers and speakers. Burns referred to flowers no fewer than 440 times; trees, 457; birds, 468; and landscape, 835 - a total of 2974 references in all, if one takes into account other categories.
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