Romantic Themes in Burns' "To a Mouse"

Robert Burns writes "To a Mouse" in his own Scottish Dialect. He is allows his own towns people the ability to read and understand his poem, thus breaking the rejection of the classical form and languages of poetry. Burns identifies with the kinship and equality he has with the mouse and all other humans. Burns writes this poem with a sense of such spontaneity, that readers interpret and feel that it is almost a song to the mouse. Burns captures the idea of forward thinking by the mouse, as winter approaches and he, along with other men prepare for the winter months. The mouse is able to look forward and endure the present time, where as man has to live with his actions past and present. After the farmer plows over the mouse's house, he realizes that he basically killed it, as he took away his shelter for the winter.