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How can I explain the poem "Travel" by Robert Louis Stevenson?
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This poem was part of Robert Louis Stevenson's collection of poems called A Child's Garden of Verses. Like many poems in the collection, "Travel" is written in the voice of a child, probably a boy. In this poem, the boy imagines being able to travel to faraway places, some real, some fictional. The land where golden apples grow may refer to the myth in which Hercules was tasked with obtaining the golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides. Another fictional land the boy would like to visit is the desert island where Robinson Crusoe, hero of Defoe's novel, lived. The boy then mentions a Muslim city, perhaps Constantinople, and China's great wall. Scenes from Egypt and Africa are envisioned. The last sixteen lines of the poem discuss finding an archaeological site of an ancient city, now empty, lying in the desert sands of Egypt. The boy describes the lonely city, all of whose boys, whether chimney sweeps or princes, have grown to manhood years ago.
HOMEWORK HELP > ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
How can I explain the poem "Travel" by Robert Louis Stevenson?
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RMHOPE | CERTIFIED EDUCATOR
This poem was part of Robert Louis Stevenson's collection of poems called A Child's Garden of Verses. Like many poems in the collection, "Travel" is written in the voice of a child, probably a boy. In this poem, the boy imagines being able to travel to faraway places, some real, some fictional. The land where golden apples grow may refer to the myth in which Hercules was tasked with obtaining the golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides. Another fictional land the boy would like to visit is the desert island where Robinson Crusoe, hero of Defoe's novel, lived. The boy then mentions a Muslim city, perhaps Constantinople, and China's great wall. Scenes from Egypt and Africa are envisioned. The last sixteen lines of the poem discuss finding an archaeological site of an ancient city, now empty, lying in the desert sands of Egypt. The boy describes the lonely city, all of whose boys, whether chimney sweeps or princes, have grown to manhood years ago.
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Summary of 'Travel' by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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The poem is written in the voice of a boy who has an imagination of traveling far away places that are both real and fictional. The boy daydreams about visiting these places he has heard and learned in books. The book is a piece of dream fantasy rather than a specific place in real life. The author describes how the boy imagines a place full of colors, tropical climate, and exotic animals. Besides, the poem illustrates how the boy develops his imagination and theory of mind by reflecting on books read to him.
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