ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The speaker addresses the mouse in humorous, good-natured terms, as a “Wee” ("little") “sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie.” The use of the affectionate “wee” as well as the diminutive terms “beastie” and “breastie” suggest that the speaker might be laughing a bit at the mouse.

Detailed explanation-2: -’To a Mouse’ by Robert Burns is an eight stanza poem which is separated into sets of six lines, or sestets. The poem follows a unified pattern of rhyme that emphasizing the amusing nature of the narrative. The stanzas follow a pattern of AAABAB, and make use of multi-syllable words at the end of each line.

Detailed explanation-3: -An’ never miss ‘t! Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin!

Detailed explanation-4: -Robert Burns wrote “To a Mouse” because he had a guilt feeling. He was rinsing in the fields and accidentally destroyed a mouse’s nest that the animal would use as a shelter to survive the winter. It happened when he was working as a farmer. That experience led him to write the poem as a kind of apology to the mouse.