How does the novel relate to Robert Burns poem "To a Mouse?"

The Robert Burns poem "To a Mouse" contains a stanza which was
the reason behind the title of the story "Of Mice and Men".

The best
laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief
an' pain,
For promis'd joy

In regular English it would
read:

The best laid schemes of mice and men
Go often
askew,
And leaves us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised
joy!

The relationship is precisely that George and Lennie had "best laid plans"
together. They dreamt of running their own farm, and to be left alone. They wished to get out of
being miserable and invisible to the world. They did not plan to hurt anyone in the process, if
anything, all they wanted was a chance to make a better life.

Yet,
as you can see in the story, their best laid plans went nowhere. Lennie ended up dead, George's
dream disappeared in front of him, and all the hopes they felt they deserved to at least dream
of, were taken away by a realistically cruel society.