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  1. To a Mouse | The Poetry Foundation

    On Turning her up in her Nest, with the Plough, November 1785. O, what a panic’s in thy breastie! Wi’ bickerin brattle! Wi’ murd’ring pattle! An’ fellow-mortal! What then? poor beastie, thou …

  2. To a Mouse - Wikipedia

    " To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785 " [1][2] is a Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1785. [3] It was included in the Kilmarnock Edition …

  3. To a Mouse by Robert Burns - Scottish Poetry Library

    The anxieties are not the mouse’s, they are the speaker’s. This poem is wildly self-obsessed and much darker than its popularity in the classroom would suggest. Its proposed subject-matter …

  4. To a Mouse, by Robert Burns - Poems | Academy of American …

    On Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough, November 1785. O' what a panic's in thy breastie! Wi' bickering brattle! Wi' murdering pattle. An' fellow mortal! What then? poor beastie, thou …

  5. To a Mouse Poem Summary and Analysis | LitCharts

    The best To a Mouse study guide on the planet. The fastest way to understand the poem's meaning, themes, form, rhyme scheme, meter, and poetic devices.

  6. Robert Burns Poem -"To a Mouse"

    To a Mouse - A Poem by Robert Burns written after he had turned over the nest of a tiny field mouse with his plough.

  7. To a Mouse by Robert Burns - Poem Analysis

    ‘To a Mouse’ by Robert Burns describes the unfortunate situation of a mouse whose home was destroyed by the poet himself. Robert Burns, also known as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish …

  8. But Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew, And leaves us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy!

  9. To a Mouse (Poem by Robert Burns) - Poetry

    Robert Burns’ poem “To a Mouse”, written in 1785, is one of his most beloved and enduring works. Inspired by the incident of turning up a field mouse’s nest while plowing, the poem …

  10. BBC - Robert Burns - To a Mouse

    To a Mouse is a poem written by Robert Burns in 1785 and read here by Brian Cox.