"The Mouse" is yet another scene of common. The relationship between man and nature is played with as the mouse, which is in harmony with nature, is uprooted by the narrator (a farmer). The farmer seems distraught by his actions: "I’m truly sorry man’s dominion, / Has broken nature’s social union,". The farmer seems to regret what has happened and then upon reflection he begins to admire the mouse for his communion with the earth especially when he compares it with man’s relationship with nature: "An’ cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell-". Burns shows compassion for the difficult lives led by farmers. Lives that are not merely about existence but about survival and the constant battle with nature. Burns’ humor is not as apparent here as it is in the other two poems except maybe the portrayal of a grown man having a conversation with a mere field mouse is a rather funny image.

In "A Poison Tree" Blake challenges the reader in a very different way. He asks that the reader consider that evil that is within. That good and evil can reside side by side in a person and that a person may even have some control over how evil festers and grows. Where evil seems to be more prevalent in the word choices of "The Tyger", the word choices for "A Poison Tree" seem to be directed more inwardly possibly making them even more frightening. This poem is written in the first person whereas "The Tyger" is not making "A Poison Tree" more personal and more challenging.

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