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.
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Select the correct answer.
In the first stanza of the poem, why does the speaker say the nurse “starts me in the dark”?
A.
because the nurse puts the speaker to bed
B.
because the nurse helps the speaker build the boat
C.
because the speaker is fond of the nurse
D.
because the speaker is afraid of the dark