Full summary for the poem SUMMER SUN written by Robert Louis Stevenson line by line summary
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Robert Louis Stevenson is best known for writing the books Treasure Islandand The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but he was also a great poet who wrote about almost everything. With the summer in full swing all over America, this poem about the summer sun is a sweet little meditation on the ruler of the daytime:I just love the simple imagery of this poem, especially the idea of his “golden fingers” slipping through the blinds. The sun is always there! He’s just up in the sky, relaxing, giving light and life to the world. Just lovely
Summer Sun
GREAT is the sun, and wide he goes
Through empty heaven without repose;
And in the blue and glowing days
More thick than rain he showers his rays.
Though closer still the blinds we pull
To keep the shady parlour cool,
Yet he will find a chink or two
To slip his golden fingers through.
The dusty attic, spider-clad,
He, through the keyhole, maketh glad;
And through the broken edge of tiles
Into the laddered hay-loft smiles.
Meantime his golden face around
He bares to all the garden ground,
And sheds a warm and glittering look
Among the ivy's inmost nook.
Above the hills, along the blue,
Round the bright air with footing true,
To please the child, to paint the rose,
The gardener of the World, he goes.