The Swing

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

The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson

 How do you like to go up in a swing, 
Up in the air so blue? 
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing 
Ever a child can do! 

Up in the air and over the wall, 
Till I can see so wide, 
River and trees and cattle and all 
Over the countryside-- 

Till I look down on the garden green, 
Down on the roof so brown-- 
Up in the air I go flying again, 
Up in the air and down!

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