My Bed Is A Boat, by Robert Louis Stevenson

My bed is like a little boat;

Nurse helps me in when I embark;

She girds me in my sailor's coat

And starts me in the dark.

At night I go on board and say

Good-night to all my friends on shore;

I shut my eyes and sail away

And see and hear no more.

And sometimes things to bed I take,

As prudent sailors have to do;

Perhaps a slice of wedding-cake,

Perhaps a toy or two.

All night across the dark we steer;

But when the day returns at last,

Safe in my room beside the pier,

I find my vessel fast.

• click here to review some vocabulary from the poem

• see the mind map we elaborated from the poem (remember that you can extend this mind map and create new ones at bubbl.us

• if you missed the lesson or want to review it, see the PowerPoint presentation below:

My bed is a boat

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• see the following performances and videos that some people have created for this poem

 

phonetic chart

These are the phonemes in English. You can click on each sound to hear the sound in a particular word. You will also see the corresponding word written on the top right hand corner.

Phonetic Chart of IPA symbols

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