The Cow

Read 'The Cow' by 'Robert Louis Stevenson' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

The Cow by Robert Louis Stevenson

 The friendly cow all red and white, 
I love with all my heart: 
She gives me cream with all her might, 
To eat with apple-tart. 

She wanders lowing here and there, 
And yet she cannot stray, 
All in the pleasant open air, 
The pleasant light of day; 

And blown by all the winds that pass 
And wet with all the showers, 
She walks among the meadow grass 
And eats the meadow flowers.

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