▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁with ▁Sc ots - language ▁poetry ▁critic ised ▁for ▁its ▁use ▁of ▁par och ial ▁dialect . ▁Conserv ative ▁and ▁anti - rad ical ▁Burn s ▁clubs ▁spr ang ▁up ▁around ▁Scotland , ▁filled ▁with ▁members ▁that ▁pra ised ▁a ▁san it ised ▁version ▁of ▁Robert ▁Burn s ' ▁life ▁and ▁work ▁and ▁po ets ▁who ▁fix ated ▁on ▁the ▁" B urn s ▁st anza " ▁as ▁a ▁form . ▁Scottish ▁poetry ▁has ▁been ▁seen ▁as ▁desc ending ▁into ▁inf antal ism ▁as ▁exempl ified ▁by ▁the ▁highly ▁popular ▁Wh ist le ▁B ink ie ▁anth ologies , ▁which ▁appeared ▁ 1 8 3 0 – 9 0 ▁and ▁which ▁not or iously ▁included ▁in ▁one ▁volume ▁" W ee ▁Will ie ▁W ink ie " ▁by ▁William ▁Mil er ▁( 1 8 1 0 – 1 8 7 2 ). ▁This ▁t endency ▁has ▁been ▁seen ▁as ▁leading ▁late - n in ete enth - century ▁Scottish ▁poetry ▁into ▁the ▁sentiment al ▁par och ial ism ▁of ▁the ▁K aily ard ▁school . ▁Po ets ▁from ▁the ▁lower ▁social ▁orders ▁who ▁used ▁Sc ots ▁included ▁the ▁we aver - po et ▁William ▁Thom ▁( 1 7 9 9 – 1 8 4 8 ), ▁whose ▁his ▁" A ▁ch ie ft ain ▁unknown ▁to ▁the ▁Queen " ▁( 1 8 4 3 ) ▁combined ▁simple ▁Sc ots ▁language ▁with ▁a ▁social ▁critique ▁of ▁Queen ▁Victoria ' s ▁visit ▁to ▁Scotland . ▁ ▁Walter ▁Scott ▁(