Holden Caulfields dream to be a catcher in the rye and to guard children playing in a rye field on the edge of a cliff is based on his mishearing of the poem Comin Through the Rye. What poet, known in Scotland as The Bard, wrote that poem?
- Robert Burns
- William Blake
- Thomas Campbell
- Lord Byron
Answer
The correct answer is A) Robert Burns.
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