Question

Read the passage.

O, Jenny, dinna toss your head,
An’ set your beauties a’ abread!
Ye little ken what cursèd speed
The blastie’s makin’!
Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread,
Are notice takin’!

In the poem “To a Louse” by Robert Burns, which line from the poem alludes to Jenny’s vanity?


“Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread,”


“O, Jenny, dinna toss your head,”


“The blastie’s makin’!”

Answer 1

“O, Jenny, dinna toss your head,”

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) “O, Jenny, Dina toss your hair”.

In the poem “To a Louse” by Robert Burns, the line form the poem that alludes Jenny’s vanity is “O, Jenny, dinner toss your hair”.

This means that Jenny is vain and that is why she wants other people to admire her. The central object of Robert Burns’ “To a Louse” is people´s vanity and conceit. In the poem, the author tries to show that there is a difference between the way we see us and the way other people see us.