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Dear English Bridge,
Literature is my favourite subject at school, Ukrainian is my mother tongue, so I can understand its beauty very well. That's why I'm fond of the world of Ukrainian poetry. It's the poetry of love for people and native land- Every Ukrainian should know such famous authors like Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko or Lesia Ukrainka. They described the real life of Ukrainian people in the past. Their books are very truthful and interesting. Among the modern Ukrainian poets I like Lina Kostenko most of all. I stucly English at school. I hope that time comes and I'll be able to read the poetry by famous English poets like William Shakespeare, Robert Burns and George Gordon Byron in the original- I'm trying to do this now, but mostly I've read their Ukrainian and Russian translations. I think these poets opened their great and generous hearts for us.
Here's my favourite poem by R. Burns, a Scottish national poet. And I am proud to show my own translation of this beautiful poem. Julia Afanasyeva
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