Lastly, the appearance of an alliteration “red” and “rose” shows a romantic and passionate tone, since the letter r rolls off the tongue. Despite the popular belief of a rose traditionally being associated to red, the color is confirmed to represent “deep love, passion, or desire”. Burns uses repetition of “red” twice in this line to echo his everlasting love for a woman to a rose’s vibrancy. Without the addition of an “Oh” at the beginning of the sentence, the poem would not be seen as dramatic as it could potentially be said from the speaker. By starting out the poem with “Oh”, it creates a more dramatic or hyperbolic, statement in which the speaker is yearning for his lover. The first line opens with a simile: “Oh, my love is like a red, red rose ”, the poet compares his love of a woman with a rose, the most iconic symbol of love and beauty. In this case, Burns raises the true definition of expressing love in poetry. As any reader would know, love can be expressed in writing, such as songs, notes, ballads, sonnets or poems.
Love, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary, “is strong feeling or affection”, or “a person or thing that one loves”.
While rose may be the first word readers are captivated by, love is another word that draws attention. Roses are a symbol of love, desire, lust, passion and even a new beginning (since roses, like any flower, bloom into a beautiful, vibrant flower). When thinking of love, one of the many thoughts would be associate to a red rose. Starting with the title, “Oh, my love is like a red, red rose”, readers can interpret so much meaning through the use of simile and imagery. The rhyme follows ABCB scheme for the first two stanzas, followed by ABAB scheme for the last two stanzas. Traditionally in a Scottish song form, Burns shows a common iambic meter with four-lined stanzas, known as quatrains.
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