The Romantic time period was a time of rebellion for poets, writers, musicians, and artists. These people were unwilling to settle for the status quo and the traditional ways of life. They rebelled against political order, economic systems, and the idea of turning people into factory “hands.” In their works of art, they often shared personal thoughts and feelings. The book, “Frankenstein,” was a book that portrayed Romanticism. This book displays that nature can’t be completely mastered. It shows the dangers of taking science too far and bringing things back to life. Robert Burns is a Romantic poet that used Scottish dialect to share his views on the world. Dialect is language and speech habits of a specific social class, region, or group. It helps establish mood and setting and adds texture and charm. Burns is a generation Scottish poet that moves from the simple to complex. In Burns poems, To a Mouse, and To a Louse, three messages are the best plans of mice and men are often destroyed, mice have it better than men, and seeing ourselves as others see us.
The first message, the best plans of mice and men often get destroyed, is from Burns’ poem, To a Mouse. In the story, the farmer…show more content… Burns was excellent at starting with a simple idea and then expanding it to something deep and philosophical. Life can be crazy, unexpected, painful, and complicated at times. Along with this, people can be selfish, unpredictable, and stuck up without taking a look in the mirror first. Burns tells it how it is in these poems and he relates animals to people to do it. Burns shows that people really all the different from each other, as well as people aren’t that different from animals (mice). Every creature on this earth is so similar, yet so different at the same
