The Swing
Source: A Child's Garden of Verses (1999)
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Poet Robert Louis Stevenson 1850–1894
POET’S REGION Scotland
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
Subjects Spring, Nature, Summer, Trees & Flowers, Youth, Living
Biography
Robert Louis Stevenson is best known as the author of the children’s classic Treasure Island, and the adult horror story, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Both of these novels have curious origins. A map of an imaginary island gave Stevenson the idea for the first story, and a nightmare supplied the premise of the second. In addition to memorable origins, these tales also share Stevenson’s key theme: the . . .
Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Spring, Nature, Summer, Trees & Flowers, Youth, Living
POET’S REGION Scotland
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
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