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Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and lyricist, author of Auld Lang Syne and a national literary figure whose first collection appeared in 1786.
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The top alternative to Robert Burns in 2026 is John Milton with a score of 9.8/10, followed by Alexander Pushkin (9.7) and William Wordsworth (9.4).
John Milton
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Alexander Pushkin
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William Wordsworth
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Friedrich Hölderlin
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Adam Mickiewicz
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Lord Byron
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Mikhail Lermontov
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Li Qingzhao
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Sándor Petőfi
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Novalis
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Juliusz Słowacki
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Hugh MacDiarmid
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Edwin Morgan
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Alphonse de Lamartine
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Kathleen Jamie
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| 9.8 Brilliant | +1.0 | Compare | |
| 9.7 Brilliant | +0.9 | Compare | |
| 9.4 Excellent | +0.6 | Compare | |
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| 9.2 Excellent | +0.4 | Compare | |
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| 9.1 Excellent | +0.3 | Compare | |
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| 8.9 Great | +0.1 | Compare |
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