The Land of Counterpane

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"The Land of Counterpane" is a nostalgic children's poem by Robert Louis Stevenson that imagines a sick child transforming his bedspread into a miniature landscape for toy soldiers and adventures.

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Land of Counterpane 1
The Land of Counterpane canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Land of Counterpane ⓘ
author Robert Louis Stevenson ⓘ
centralObject bedspread ⓘ
containsCharacter first-person child narrator ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalStatus classic children's poem ⓘ
depicts imaginative play ⓘ
miniature landscape ⓘ
sick child ⓘ
toy soldiers ⓘ
firstPublicationAuthor Robert Louis Stevenson ⓘ
firstPublicationCollection A Child's Garden of Verses ⓘ
genre children's literature ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
hasForm stanzaic structure ⓘ
hasImagery battlefields created from household objects ⓘ
hasInfluenced later children's poetry about imagination ⓘ
hasMotif toys coming to life through imagination ⓘ
imageryType domestic imagery ⓘ
military imagery ⓘ
intendedAudience children ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm narrative poem ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature ⓘ
meter regular rhyme and rhythm ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
partOf Stevenson's children's verse corpus ⓘ
period late 19th century ⓘ
setting child's bedroom ⓘ
subjectMatter a child confined to bed ⓘ
invented landscapes on a quilt ⓘ
targetAgeGroup young readers ⓘ
theme childhood imagination ⓘ
escapism ⓘ
illness in childhood ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
tone nostalgic ⓘ
whimsical ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Child’s Garden of Verses → hasPoem → The Land of Counterpane ⓘ
The Land of Counterpane → alsoKnownAs → Land of Counterpane ⓘ
linked to: The Land of Counterpane