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Signature. Bound set of many of Stevenson's works, 1909. Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses .
My Shadow is an 1885 poem by Robert Louis Stevenson.Among his most famous poems for children, [1] [2] it appeared in A Child's Garden of Verses in 1885. [3] [4]It is written in iambic heptameter, as it is written in iambs and contains seven metrical feet per line, each of which can be considered a fourteener, as each iamb consists of two syllables.
A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. [ 2] The poems, which have been widely imitated, are written from the ...
The Lamplighter (Stevenson) The Lamplighter is a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson contained in his 1885 collection A Child's Garden of Verses . This poem may be autobiographical. Stevenson was sickly growing up (probably tuberculosis), [1] thus "when I am stronger" may refer to his hope of recovery. Further, his illness isolated him, so the ...
The title of the poem is an allusion to Robert Louis Stevenson's "Requiem" ("This be the verse you grave for me"). [3] Stevenson's thought of a happy homecoming in death is given an ironic turn. He often thought of dying in a ditch, but ended up dying peacefully in his home at the age of 44.
In John Steinbeck 's 1932 novel The Pastures of Heaven, one character regards Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes as one of the greatest works of English literature and names his son Robert Louis. Steinbeck and his wife Elaine were inspired by Stevenson in choosing the title of his 1962 book Travels with Charley.
Underwoods is a collection of poems by Robert Louis Stevenson published in 1887.It comprises two books, Book I with 38 poems in English, Book II with 16 poems in Scots.He says in the initial note that "I am from the Lothians myself; it is there I heard the language spoken about my childhood; and it is in the drawling Lothian voice that I repeat it to myself."
Songs of Travel and Other Verses. Songs of Travel and Other Verses is an 1896 book of poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson. Originally published by Chatto & Windus, [1] it explores the author's perennial themes of travel and adventure. The work gained a new public and popularity when it was set to music in Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams .