The Land Of Counterpane | Robert Louis Stevenson | Short Poem

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Robert Louis Stevenson published “The Land of Counterpane” in 1885 as part of his collection A Child’s Garden of Verses. “The Land of Counterpane” can be considered a lyric poem, as it gives the author’s personal feelings and thoughts.

“The Land of Counterpane”; just as the speaker is ill in the poem and has to entertain themself while they rest in bed, Stevenson was a sickly child and his illness followed him into adulthood. He did a good portion of his writings during convalescence. His descriptions of illness and coping with sickness came from firsthand experience. The text speaks to the power of the imagination and the creative individual to surpass the physical limits of the body and maintain a sense of identity, advocating for positive responses to seemingly negative situations.