The Land of Nod

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"The Land of Nod" is a classic Robert Louis Stevenson poem that imagines a dreamy, fantastical place children visit in their sleep.

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instanceOf literary work
poem
alludesTo Book of Genesis NERFINISHED
author Robert Louis Stevenson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts imaginary land visited in sleep
firstPublicationYear 1885
genre children's poetry
hasCharacter child narrator
hasCulturalRole classic bedtime poem
hasForm lyric poem
hasIllustratedEditions yes
hasPublicDomainStatus public domain in many countries
hasTitleOrigin biblical phrase "Land of Nod"
includedIn children's literature anthologies
influenced later children's bedtime poetry
isPartOf Robert Louis Stevenson bibliography NERFINISHED
isTaughtIn English literature courses
language English
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
meter accentual-syllabic verse
narrativePerspective first-person
originalCollection A Child's Garden of Verses NERFINISHED
primaryTheme childhood imagination
dreams
journey
sleep
rhymeScheme regular rhyme scheme
setting dream world
subjectMatter sleep and dreaming in childhood
targetAudience children
tone dreamy
whimsical

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A Child’s Garden of Verses hasPoem The Land of Nod