The Lake Isle of Issisfree by W.B. Yeats ( New Oxford Modern English 7 by David Horsburgh)(Online Education Course/ Insurance)

                        The Lake Isle Innisfree

                                                                  William Butler Yeats

1.      What does the poet find so attractive about the Leake Lake Isle of  Innisfree?

Ans : The thing that the poet finds so attractive about Lake Isle of Innisfree is its promise of peace.

The poet, then, long for this place which affords a sense of contentment and relaxation far from the busy modem life. The poem’s slow and regular meter helps to convey this languid, dreamy effect. There is also the vivid impressionistic description of the colours and beauties of this place, and the soothing stir of nature which is so different from the strident noise of the city where the poet actually is, as the final stanza makes clear.

The poet, then, is physically trapped in the. city, but he can imagine the beauty of Innisfree and this gives him spiritual sustenance. This is one of Yeats’s early lyrics, exhibiting a familiar romantic sensibility in its praise of the deep purity and beauty of nature which is contrasted with the drabness, shallowness and sterility of modem urban living

2.      What words does the poet use to describe how calmness and tranquility will come to Innsifree?

Ans: The poet declares that he will arise and go to Innisfree, where he will build a small cabin “of clay and wattles made.” There, he will have nine bean-rows and a beehive, and live alone in the glade loud with the sound of bees (“the bee-loud glade”). He says that he will have peace there, for peace drops from “the veils of morning to where the cricket sings.”

3.      How does the poet describe midnight, noon and evening?

Ans: Apparently, in Innisfree, midnight is shimmering and beautiful and midday is a purple glow—this is starting to sound a little fairy-tale gorgeous. Saying that the evening is full of linnet's wings makes us think not only of one bird, but also of all of them in flight.

The imagery is getting almost dreamlike—purple, hazy, full of birds in flight. We don't know about you, but we want to go to there.

4.      What is so special about the sound produced by the following line?

Ans : He can hear the lapping of the water on Innisfree in his mind or something. 

Of course because he's not really hearing the water, we should think of this auditory image as a metaphor for his strong desire to head to Innisfree. We think it's safe to say that he imagines the sounds because he's so absorbed in his desire to get to this ideal place. 

5.      What sound is the poet looking forward to hear in Innisfree?

Ans: The speaker wants to be surrounded by the sounds of nature. "Glade" is an open space in a forest. Living in that clearing with only the birds chirping and bees buzzing seems pretty awesome to him. More soothing sounds of nature. Here Yeats writes about the peaceful sounds of the cricket. That's definitely something you don't get in the city.

Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions.

1)      The searchers went to the railway line looking for the missing dog.

2)      The cat under the tree was in distress.

3)      The prisoners were let into jail.

4)      There is a sign on the wall.

5)      The train went into the dark tunnel.

6)      Anupam is no from the rest of the students.

7)      There are many dark clouds in the sky.

8)      The boat sank in the sea near Vijaywada.

9)      The car race toward the corner.

10)  The thief put his head inside/in the window at night.

11)  By hook or crook.

List of all Paragraphs

12)  On the whole

13)  At his heart’s content

14)  In the weather.

15)  For dear life

16)  On top of the world

17)  Between you and me

18)  By no means

19)  At any rate

20)  On the other hand

21)  For the most part

22)  In black and white

23)  Out of sight , out of mind

24)  In spite of

25)  At all appearances

26)  Out of any choice

Answer with reference to the context. 

a)      And I shall have some peace there , for peace comes dropping slow……..

                                 i.            Where is the speaker going to find peace?

Ans : The speaker is going to find peace in Innisfree , his native village.

                               ii.            In what manner will this place be peaceful?

Ans : The place will be peaceful because there is no noise as like as the town. On the other hand there are natural beauties , the low sound of the lakewater, linnet’s wings and so on.

                              iii.            What does the speaker mean by ‘dropping slow’? How and from where is the peace to ‘drop’?

Ans: Dropping slow means the slowly dropping of the moist and they were dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings.

                             iv.            Why is the speaker looking for peace?

Ans: The speaker is looking for peace because he cannot find peace in city life.

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