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The Land of Nod

by: Robert Louis Stevenson

poem

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

And up the mountain-sides of dreams.

The strangest things are there for me,

Both things to eat and things to see,

And many frightening sights abroad

Till morning in the land of Nod.

Try as I like to find the way,

I never can get back by day,

Nor can remember plain and clear

The curious music that I hear.

symbol

The symbolism in this poem is a bible because this poem is mentioned in the bible.

imagery

The imagery in this poem is the streams ( paragraph 2 in sentence three ), the mountain sides ( paragraph 2 sentence four ), the music ( paragraph 4 sentence four ), the things to eat ( paragraph 3 sentence two ), the things to see ( paragraph three sentence two ), and abroad the boat ( paragraph 1 sentence three ).

figures of speech

But every night i go aboard, metaphor ( paragraph 1, sentence 3 ). Try as I like to find the way, simile ( paragraph 4, sentence 1 ).

tone

The tone in this poem is cheerful and peasant.

theme

The theme of the poem is don't get caught up in a dream and forget about the real word because your dream might be amazing but when your so caught up in it you forget about everything and everyone.

Bibliography

Robert Louis Stevenson was born November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, Scotland. And died December 3, 1894. He was an only child. He went to school and at age 17 he went to a university to become a light house engineer, but he didn't want to become a engineer he wanted to be a writer. When he fell in love he would write love letters. Later he was suffering a illness and was sent to french Rivera. He returned the following spring. Then he focused on being a writer. After his friend died he wrote a biography on him. He was also married to Fanny Stevenson and had one kid named Hervey Stevenson. Later in his life he died by a Hemorrhagic stroke. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll, and Mr Hyde.

citations

“The Land of Nod by Robert Louis Stevenson - Poems Academy of American Poets.” Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, poets.org/poem/land-nod.

Daiches, David. “Robert Louis Stevenson.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 4 Feb. 2020, www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Louis-Stevenson.