Question

I’m truly sorry man’s dominion Has broken Nature’s social union . . . An’ cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till crash! the cruel coulter past Out through thy cell.
For what reason does the speaker apologize to the mouse in this verse from “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns?

A.) The speaker has taken the mouse’s food.

B.) The speaker has hurt the mouse.

C.) The speaker has plowed up the mouse’s home.

Answer 1

C. He has destroyed the mouses home.

Answer 2

The correct answer is the option C. The speaker has plowed up the mouse’s home. When the speaker says " Till Crash! the cruel coulter past out through thy cell" is explaining that the mouse's cell (house) was destroyed by the coulter (the sharp part of the plow that's designed to cut into the hard earth), it went right through the mouse's little solitary house.