https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh How lit devices convey the theme en-us 2021-12-03 23:08:09 UTC 2025-10-02 17:57:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4bb.png https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936746150 2021-12-08 20:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936746150 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936758513 Theme: "And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised Joy".
Lit devices: DICTION
"your poor, earth born companion And fellow mortal"
The speaker gets a better relation to the mouse where he further sees the mouse as a equal. They both experience difficulties in life. ]]> 2021-12-08 20:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936758513 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936759194 Theme: Ignorance is bliss. 

TACTILE IMAGERY: "Still you are blessed, compared with me! / The present only touches you"

The narrator envies the oblivion that the mouse lives in. The mouse only lives in the present, while man has to worry about past, present, and future. ]]> 2021-12-08 20:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936759194 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936761773 Theme: Unexpected events can happen at any time in the future

Imagery: "Your small house, too, in ruin! / Its feeble walls the winds are scattering!"

Analysis: Everyone experiences unexpected events. The mouse had no way to predict its house would be in ruins, much like we cannot predict certain events. ]]> 2021-12-08 20:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936761773 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936762957 Theme: Life's cruelty spares no living things.
Device: SYMBOLISM "Your small house, too, in ruin!... And nothing now, to build a new one" The destruction of the mouse's house symbolizes the unpredictability of life. Brutal things can happen to even the smallest creatures. ]]> 2021-12-08 20:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936762957 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936763817 Lines 5 and 6: "And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy!"

This detail about the emotions evoked by unexpected events conveys the theme which is "Life doesn't always go as planned". This represents how expectations sometimes lead to disappointment.]]> 2021-12-08 20:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936763817 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936764432 Theme: The future is uncertain.

Shift: "But oh! I cast my backward cast my eye"

The shift from praising the mouse's luckiness to fearing for change demonstrates the envy he has for the mouse being able to only worry about the present. Compared to himself, he fears for what has to come as unlike the mouse, he not only has to worry for the present but also the uncertainty of the future. ]]> 2021-12-08 20:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936764432 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936764764
descriptive detail/imagery: stanza 6, lines 1,2,5, and 6. The desolate lands around the mice show how cruel Burns's actions were. Mixed with the starting description where the small mice was shown, Burns left a tiny mouse out to die in the harsh cold.

Burns's actions led to a harsh consequence for someone else. That feeling of guilt accompanied with his action is something that will stick with him forever.

It also shows the unpredictability of life itself. The mouse's life changed in a second in a disaster caused by man.

]]> 2021-12-08 20:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936764764 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936765362 Stanza 6 Line 3-4. "Now you are turned out, for all your trouble, without house or holding." 
Life's chaos has caused him to be out in the cold for the day struggling till he finds his solution and shelter. He counted on his home to protect him, but that proved to be a fatal mistake.

Theme: We have to learn to adapt to new life's trials and tribulations. ]]> 2021-12-08 20:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936765362 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936765532 "I'm truly sorry man's dominion / Has broken Nature's social union" This line conveys the theme because it shows the connection between man and nature, and how man has affected natures function. This conveys the theme because the mouse needed to persevere, even when something bad or unexpected happens. 

]]> 2021-12-08 20:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936765532 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936766039 Theme: Not every plan is set in stone

Juxtaposition: "And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy!"

Grief is typically the sole companion to agonizing events. The mouse's house, in this poem, was destroyed in a pivotal time where they needed it the most. In order to see the light in a field of darkness, people need to embrace the pain. ]]> 2021-12-08 20:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936766039 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936766053 2021-12-08 20:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936766053 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936768800 Theme: Times can get tough, but we can only prepare for what we know

Device: Syntax 

Quote: Stanza 3 

Analysis: The author uses syntax in order to portray how the mouse is preparing for survival. Tough times will come and the mouse is only doing what he knows and planning for what he can.


]]> 2021-12-08 20:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936768800 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936769264 2021-12-08 20:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936769264 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936769445 theme: Consciousness of the fearful past, present, and the future is what keeps people from dreaming.
Shift: "But little Mouse, you are not alone," (Stanza 7, line 1).
Analysis: It compares how mice and men are alike in the context of their life's plans. They have to adapt to their consciousness of the real world to thrive.

]]> 2021-12-08 20:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936769445 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936770501 Theme: The future is unpredicted that our hard work may not always give us the result we want.
Quote: "You thought to dwell, / Till crash! the cruel plough passed" (Stanza 5 lines 4-5)
Shift: This conveys the theme because the mouse thought it was going to have a stable home; however, due to life's unexpected turn, it did not go as plan. There is an emphasis on "Till crash," which shows how it was unpredicted.]]> 2021-12-08 20:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936770501 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936771064 Theme: Life does not guarantee the success of your set plan. 

Detail: "Oh, what a panic is in your breast! You need not start away so hasty" 

The significance of this line is that it conveys the message that although life does not go your way, you need not react out of fear or panic. You should assess your options before you hastily react, so that the situation does not worsen. 

]]> 2021-12-08 20:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936771064 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936771551 Theme: Humans are cursed with an inevitable worry for their past, present, and future. 

Device and Quote: DESCRIPTION: "Still you are blessed, compared with me!/ The present only touches you"

Analysis: Humans are constantly stressed due to their consciousness. Unlike the mouse, we are led to overthinking rather than living in the present. Ultimately, leading to our own mental destruction. ]]> 2021-12-08 20:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936771551 https://padlet.com/aes1134/tgrfcm35byfjkzh/wish/1936772130 theme:
Life's cruelty spares no living things.
STANZA 3, Line 17-18:
DETAIL: "I will get a blessing with what is left/And never miss it."
Analysis: The use of detail explains the beginning of the worse. The mouse steals food from the farmer to prepare of winter which is seen to be the worse season. ??idk

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