What is a summary of the poem "A Child's Thought" by Robert Louis Stevenson?

Stevenson's poem is about the imaginative power of children. When the child, who is seven, goes to bed, we read "I find such pictures in my head." The child dreams of imaginative scenes, such as castles with dragons, gardens with magic fruit, and towers with imprisoned ladies. The child imagines streams surrounding the magic land, as if it were a real place with a distinct topography. 


The second stanza of this poem is about how...

Stevenson's poem is about the imaginative power of children. When the child, who is seven, goes to bed, we read "I find such pictures in my head." The child dreams of imaginative scenes, such as castles with dragons, gardens with magic fruit, and towers with imprisoned ladies. The child imagines streams surrounding the magic land, as if it were a real place with a distinct topography. 


The second stanza of this poem is about how the magic land disappears when the child wakes up. Then, "The magic land I seek in vain." Though the child wants to return to the magic land, he or she only sees commonplace objects, such as a chair where the castle was located and a carpet instead of the garden. Instead of horsemen galloping on the edges of the magic land, there are boots by the door. Instead of rivers, the child sees a bath and a watering can. It is clear that the child transformed the objects in his or her room at night into magical objects. 

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