The Lake Isle Of Innisfree

 Lesson 4 .The Lake Isle Of Innisfree ( Poem )

[A] Comprehension

Read the stanzas carefully and answer the questions based on them.

1. I will arise........and bee-loud glade.

1. The poet will arise to go to the lake isle of Innisfree.

2. He wants to build a small cabin there.

3. He will have nine bean-rows and a hive of honey bees for food.

4. ' Honeybee ' rhymes with Innisfree.

2. And I shall have...... linnet's wings.

1. 'I' refers to the poet , W. B. Yeats.

2. Peace comes there, dropping slow.

3. Midnight is all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow there.

4. The evening is full of the pleasant sounds of linnet's wings.

3. I shall arise ..... and deep heart's core.

1. The poet hears day and night the lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore.

2. While thinking of going to Innisfree , the poet is standing on a roadway or the grey pavements.

3. The poet wants to go to Innisfree for always.

4. The rhyming words are day and grey , shore and core.

[B] Central Idea 

Fed up with the artificial and boring city life , the poet longs to spend his remaining life in the peaceful environment of the lake isle of Innisfree. Unlike the hustle and bustle of the city where he is standing on a grey pavement, it is a naturally beautiful place. He would live a simple life by having a small cabin , nine bean-rows , a hive for the honeybee and music of the sounds of honeybees and linnet's wings. This place appears to be symbol of peaceful and natural country life.