Abstract
When I was in the fifth grade attending a one room country school in rural Kalona, Iowa, our teacher, Hobert Yoder, introduced us to the poetry of Robert Burns. I was especially impressed with Burn's poem, "To a Louse," which describes the creeping advances of a vulgar louse on the dress of a fashionable lady, who is oblivious to the invasion of the evo-parasite. Was the invader a member of Pediculus humanus (body lice) or Pediculus capitis (head lice)? We can only guess. However, the poet's contrast is striking-an elegant lady infected with pediculosis! Through another's eyes, we discern a vastly different picture than what is perceived by the poet's subject, Jeany!