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What is the best paraphrase of these opening lines from the poem to a mouse by Robert Burns

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The best paraphrase of the opening lines from the poem "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns is this one: Poor, little scared thing! How panicked you are!

The opening lines are: Wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, tim’rous beastie, O, what a panic’s in thy breastie! - this basically means: Little thing, there is a lot of fear in your breast - which means that the mouse is small and afraid.
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