# An Inland Voyage explained — Travel Essays

> Chapter companion for Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

## What happens

The chapter opens with a poetic epigraph from Marvell, setting a reflective tone for the journey ahead. It introduces the beginning of an inland voyage, likely by canoe, through the waterways of France, emphasizing the spirit of travel and discovery.

## Themes in this chapter

### Travel and Discovery

The chapter title and epigraph establish the central theme of embarking on a journey of exploration through inland waterways.

## Key lines

> Thus sang they in the English boat.

This is how they sang while aboard the English boat.

_The epigraph from Marvell evokes a sense of camaraderie and the poetic nature of the voyage._

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