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Robert Burns and John Steinbeck are two authors who brilliantly <u>capture the disappointment that follows failed plans</u>.
Robert Burns' poem, 'To a Mouse' was the inspiration for the title behind John Steinbeck's 1937 novella, Of Mice and Men. Set in the 1930s during the Great Depression, Steinbeck plays on Burns' idea of <u>shattered dreams and failed plans through the characters of this classic work</u>.
<span>a quality that evokes pity or sadness</span>