The lake isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats.
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Terminology.
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Essay type questions
The lake isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats
1. I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
2. And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
3. Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
4. And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
5. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
6. Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
7. There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
8. And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
9. I will arise and go now, for always night and day
10. I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
11. While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
12. I hear it in the deep heart’s core
TERMINOLOGY
arise - stand up/get up
Innisfree - uninhabited island within Lough Gill, in Ireland, near which
Yeats - spent his summers as a child
Cabin - a small wooden shelter or house in a wild or remote area.
clay - a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth that can be moulded when wet, and is
dried and baked to make bricks/pottery.
wattles - a material for making fences/walls consisting of rods/stakes interlaced
with twigs or branches
, 2
hive - structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
glade - an open space (with grass) in a wood or forest
veils - things that serve to cover, conceal, disguise Type and Form
cricket - an insect related to grasshoppers but with short legs The poem consists of 12 lines,
divided into 3 stanzas of three
linnet - a mainly brown and grey finch (seed eating bird) with a reddish breast and
rhyming quatrains. The rhyme
forehead
scheme is abab cdcd efef.
Tone and Mood
Theme: Peace/Tranquillity of Nature The tone is calm: the repetition of
Throughout ‘The Lake Isle of the word peace creates a sense
Innisfree’ the poet engages with of calmness. The mood is joyful
interrelated themes which include because the speaker is looking The poet will experience ‘peace’ in
nature and peace. The speaker forward to leaving the city. the lap of nature at the Lake Isle of
wants the readers to view the Innisfree. He will observe the
natural environment without human beautiful trees, insects, birds and
involvement. It is a place to find bushes. The calm and cool
Imagery atmosphere of the forest will give
peace and connect with the world
on a deeper, spiritual level. The happiness to him.
Imagery is one of the most
isolated nature of the island that important techniques in this
he’s longing for is also an important poem. The speaker uses visual
element of his happiness. It is an
and auditory words to capture
escape from noisy city life.
the reader’s attention for
example ‘bee-loud’, ‘cricket
sings’, ‘linnets wings’, ‘water
lapping’ ‘I hear’ By using these
words, he arouses several
different senses, encouraging the
reader to feel, hear, and see a
scene.
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