Description: Summary, Rhyme Scheme of the poem
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Where Go the Boats?
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Poet
- Robert Louis Stevenson
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Rhyme scheme
- A classic, short simple poem
- Syllable structure is transparent
- The poem has four stanzas, 4 lines each
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What do you learn from the poem?
- It speaks about a young boy as he sets paper boats into a flowing river
- The poem metaphorically describes the essence of time
- The line "Other little children Shall bring my boats ashore" describes your contribution to the future
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Summary
- A child is fascinated by boats flowing down the river and wonders where it goes
- The river flows forever, the water goes away, but there's always more water coming
- further down, there are other children, just like him, playing
- They may collect his boats that is flowing.
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