"My Shadow" by Robert Louis Stevenson

31/07/2016

Listen ""My Shadow" by Robert Louis Stevenson"

Episode Synopsis

Perhaps better known for his fiction works such as Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson was also a prolific poet, publishing a handful of collections of poems. "My Shadow" was first published in 1885 in a collection titled A Child’s Garden of Verses. The poem is a wonderful snapshot of childhood wonder and innocence.