This poet commonly names a six-line stanza with AAABAB rhyme scheme, which this author used in a poem that describes “an eldritch ‘quack, quack,’” titled “Address to the Devil.” This poet warns, “Pleasures are like poppies spread / you seize the flower, its bloom is shed,” in a poem that ends as a horse has its tail ripped off. A bawdy poem by this author begins, “Jenny’s all wet” and repeats the line, “gin (“ghen”) a body meet a body,” which (*) Holden Caulfield misquotes in a scene that provides the title of The Catcher in the Rye. This poet hails “inspiring bold John Barleycorn” in a poem whose protagonist encounters “warlocks and witches in a dance” on his horse ride home after getting incredibly drunk. For 10 points, name this poet of “Tam o’ Shanter,” a Scotsman who also penned “Auld Lang Syne.” ■END■
ANSWER: Robert Burns [or Rabbie Burns]
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