The Lake isle of Innisfree by W. B. Yeats
1. Word-Meaning:
Hive= store honey or pollen.
Glade= clearing; open space.
Veils= covering or cause to be covered.
Cricket= a small insect (Gryllidae).
Glimmer= shine faintly.
Purple glow= deep and shine.
Linnet= a kind of bird, a small brown and grey bird with a short beak.
Lapping= move with or make a whistling or hissing sound.
Shore= a region marking a boundary.
Grey= brown
Core= internal part.
Clay= soil; covered with unclean things.
Wattles= twisted sticks for making fences, walls.
2. Rhyming words:
Ans:- sings=wings
slow=glow
shore=core
3. Where does the poet W.B. Yeats want to go?
Ans:- The poet W.B. Yeats wants to go to Innisfree. Innisfree is a place where nature is beautiful, alive and full of life.
4. (i) What kind of place is Innisfree?
(ii) the three things the poet wants to do when he goes back there (stanza 1)
(iii) what he hears and sees there and its effect on him (stanza II)
(IV) what he hears in his heart's core” even when he is far away from Innisfree?
Ans:- (i) Innisfree is a place where nature is beautiful, alive and full of life.
(ii) Things that the poet wants to do there are (a) He wants to build a small cabin of clay and fence. (b) He will plant nine bean-rows. (c) He will also have a bee hive there.
(iii) He hears the song of the cricket and peace come dropping. He sees the light glimmer of the midnight, bright noon with the purple rays of the sun. He also sees the evenings full of linnet's wings. The calm and quiet atmosphere of Innisfree soothes the poet's mind.
(iv) In his heart's core he hears the sound of the lake water lapping the shore of the island.
5. Where will the poet buil his cabin?
Ans:- The poet wants to build a cabin in Innisfree. He will make his cabin with clay and surround it with a fence.
6. Why does the poet want to go to Innisfree?
Ans:- Innisfree is a place full of beauty and peace. But it is not only a place but also a state of mind. Actually the poet misses the place of his boyhood days. So, he has a deep desire to go to that place and longs to live there.
7. Look at the words the poet uses to describe what he sees and hears at Innisfree
(i) bee-loud glade
(ii) evenings full of the linnet's wings
(iii) lake water lapping with low sounds
What pictures do these words create in you mind?
Ans:- (i) bee-loud glade - It gives the picture of the honey comb and the honey bees humming all around the place.
(ii) evening full of linnet's wings - It gives the picture of thousands of linnet's flying all around the place and creating a pleasant sound by their wings.
(iii) lake water lapping with low sounds - It gives the picture of the lake water striking the shore and making a very pleasant sound. The natural beauty of the place adds pleasure to the scene.
8. What will be the poet do in Innisfree?
(Or) What type of cabin does the poet want to build?
Ans:- The poet shall go to Innisfree. He will build a small cabin there. It will be made of clay and will be surrounded by a fence. He shall have nine rows of beans and a hive for the honey bee. He will live there alone.
9. How many bean rows will the poet have in Innsfree?
Ans:- The pot wants to have nine bean rows in Innsfree.
10. Why does the poet want to build a cabin at Innisfree?
(Or) “And live alone in the bee-loud glade'. What kind of dwelling place and environment does the poet want there?
Ans:- The poet wishes to build a small and beautiful cottage (cabin) in the Lake Isle of Innisfree. He would make his cottage with clay and surround it with a fence. He wants to enjoy the beauty of nature and live there all alone.
11. What beauty of nature shall the poet observe in Innisfree?
Ans:- The poet shall listen to the cricket's song in the morning. The midnight shall have the light of the glow.worms. The noon shall look beautiful in its purple glow and the linnets shall fly all around during the evening.
12. What kind of poem 'The Lake of Innisfree' is?
Ans:- The poem 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' is a lyric.
13. Why does the poet want to build a cabin at Inninsfree?
Ans:- The poet wants to build a cabin at Innisfree because the place is full of beauty and peace.
Mr. Rupjyoti Goswami
Post Graduate Teacher (English)
Bhogeswar Hazarika Girls' Higher Secondary School, Bebejia, Nagaon, Assam.
Email: rupjyotigoswami983@gmail.com
Mobile: 9864425896.
ConversionConversion EmoticonEmoticon