"A Child's Garden of Verses"

This book is quite enjoyable. As I was reading it, I kind of remembered my childhood days. This book brings out the imaginative mind that most people have as children. It was a very happy and "feel good" collection of verses. These verses were separated into four different sections: the first one didn't really have a name, the second was entitled "The Child Alone," and the third was entitled "Garden Days," and the fourth one was entitled "Envoys" which he dedicated to people in his family. I don't really understand why the collection was called "A Child's Garden of Verses," but I guess it has to do with the image of children young and innocent playing in a garden, using their imagination to create whatever, and to explore and take adventures as well. The use of the word garden in the title and in one of the section titles could also refer to the innocence and growth of children just like life in a garden. I think its interesting how he incorporates so many stories and aspects of his childhood into the poems he writes. It seems that writing about his own life basically was an easy thing to do, but he was clever in creating themes and other figurative devices at the same time.