What his most famous poem, Hallaig, symbolic of?
MacLean's childhood
Scottish Gaelic poetry
The Gaelic Renaissance
MacLean's love life
Answer
Hallaig is a poem by the Scottish Gaelic poet Iain Crichton Smith. It is a lament for the loss of the traditional way of life in the Scottish Highlands, and is considered one of the most important poems in Scottish Gaelic literature. The poem is written in the form of a traditional Gaelic song, and uses a simple, direct language to express its themes of loss and nostalgia.
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