Lyric Poem · Death & Loss
Requiem
by Robert Louis Stevenson · 1887
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“Requiem” by Robert Louis Stevenson — quilloak.com/poems/requiem-stevenson
Quick facts
- Poem
- Requiem
- Poet
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Published
- 1887
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Elegy
- Themes
- Death & Loss, Peace, Short
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 8 lines · 2 quatrains
- End rhyme
- AAAB in every stanza.
- Line length
- Mostly 8-syllable lines (tetrameter length).
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Text, source & rights
A traceable edition
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- Author record
- Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894
- Source record
- WikisourceRequiem by robert-louis-stevenson, Wikisource transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- 1887
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 e2455109a335fb9b…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.