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My Shadow. By Robert Louis Stevenson. I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.
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Robert Louis Stevenson is best known as the author of the...
- Grown About by Fragrant Bushes
- The Land of Counterpane
- My Shadow
- The Lamplighter
- The Land of Nod
- Looking-Glass River
- To Any Reader
- Requiem
- Autumn Fires
The Land of Counterpane can be considered a lyric poem, as it gives the author’s personal feelings and thoughts. It can also be categorized as a narrative poem, as it tells the story of the speaker’s imagination creating a world right before their eyes. Stevenson’s biography provides a framework through which to read The Land of Counterpanejust as ...
‘My Shadow’ describes a child’s excitement over seeing his shadow. As he observes his shadow closely, feels thrilled to find how his shadow changes and follows wherever he goes and whatever he does. From the excitement, the child turns curious as it wonders about the changing shapes of the shadow for everyone. The child’s innocence could make any a...
Stevenson’s ‘The Lamplighter’ is one of his autobiographical poems which speaks about the hope of recovery. Having been a sick child, growing up in an isolated situation, Stevenson often speaks about children’s sufferings in his poems but with a hope for the future. Like the child in the poem, he may have had hope of becoming better: “when I am str...
‘The Land of Nod’ describes the dreamland children visit when they are asleep, through a boy who is confounded to the four walls with his toys. Not only that, in this particular place, the child is also relieved from all ailments or illnesses, or limitations of the day. On the contrary, he visits the Land of Nod, where the familiar objects of his r...
‘The Looking glass Mirror’ picturizesthe magical charm of the river with its ‘looking-glass’ effect. On a deeper level, it speaks of life’s ups and downs as the children lose their reflections when the light goes off. The speaker assures that it is temporary and the light will come back, so does the reflections. When we looked down at the river, we...
‘To Any Reader’ is the last poem in his collection “A Child’s Garden of Verses, ” highlighting childhood nostalgia, innocence, freedom, and happiness. He intends to remind his readers that all children eventually grow up, and adults could reflect on their childhood memory while reading the poems in the collection.
The poem “Requiem” is a self-written epitaphof R.L. Stevenson inscribed on his tomb as suggested by him. It was composed in 1880 after his near to death experiences in 1879. In this short poem, he expresses his wish of where he should be laid after his death. It features death, contentment, and the idea of returning home as he willingly embraces de...
The poem celebrates the changes that come as the autumn season begins. The speaker sees changing colors as the season changes leaving red fires of changing leaves. Speaking about change, life/death, and the seasons, the speaker highlights the necessity and beauty of change. The poet alludes to the transitionbetween life and death through summer’s t...
In this short and powerful poem, Robert Louis Stevenson's writes from the perspective of the deceased who calmly faces death with peace and contentment. The poem's message is one of comfort and acceptance, viewing death as a return home.
Robert Louis Stevenson is best known as the author of the children’s classic Treasure Island (1882), and the adult horror story, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886). Both of these novels have curious origins. A map of an imaginary island gave Stevenson the idea for the first story,…
The Best Robert Louis Stevenson Poems. By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) As well as writing Treasure Island and Jekyll and Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) also wrote the perennially popular A Child’s Garden of Verses (1885), a collection of poems for younger readers.
The Land of Nod. By Robert Louis Stevenson. From breakfast on through all the day. At home among my friends I stay, But every night I go abroad. Afar into the land of Nod. All by myself I have to go, With none to tell me what to do —. All alone beside the streams.
Robert Louis Stevenson. 1850 –. 1894. Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be;
