Foreign Lands
E1040398
"Foreign Lands" is a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson that captures a child's imaginative longing to explore distant, unseen places beyond their immediate world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foreign Lands canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Louis Stevenson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
distant hills
ⓘ
imagined countries ⓘ looking into the distance ⓘ rivers ⓘ roads ⓘ tree-climbing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
desire for travel
ⓘ
limits of perception ⓘ |
| genre | children's poetry ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
frequently memorized in schools
ⓘ
often quoted in discussions of childhood imagination ⓘ |
| hasForm | lyric poem ⓘ |
| includedIn | children's literature anthologies ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
imagery
ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | regular accentual-syllabic meter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | child ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedIn | A Child's Garden of Verses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Robert Louis Stevenson's poetic works ⓘ |
| publicationType | poetry collection contribution ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular rhyme scheme ⓘ |
| setting |
countryside
ⓘ
garden ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
a child's view from a tree
ⓘ
vision of lands beyond home ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood
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curiosity ⓘ distance and the unknown ⓘ imagination ⓘ longing for exploration ⓘ |
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