Robert Burns: Poems

DIRECTIONS: The following lines are from “To a Mouse.” Rewrite each line in standard English and explain the effect that the use of Scottish dialect alone can achieve. 1. “Wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, tim’rous beastie,”

DIRECTIONS: The following lines are from “To a Mouse.” Rewrite each line in standard English
and explain the effect that the use of Scottish dialect alone can achieve.

1. “Wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, tim’rous beastie,”

2. “A daimen icker in a thrave / ’S a sma’ request:”
3. “An’ naething, now, to big a new ane,”
4. “To thole the winter’s sleety dribble, / An’ cranreuch cauld!”

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