CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -“The Lake Isle of Innisfree” was inspired by the island where Yeats spent his childhood summers. Feeling homesick while living in London, he was reminded of the lake by a fountain in a shop window. This poem was the result.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet who is today considered one of the foremost English-language poets of the 20th century. ‘’The Lake Isle of Innisfree” is one of his earliest major poems. He wrote it when he was living in London, perhaps expressing a degree of homesickness for Ireland.

Detailed explanation-3: -In this poem, the poet wants to go to Innisfree where he can live freely in his cabin. However, the present situation of the poet is just the opposite of what he wants. Overall, in the poem, the poet wants peace which according to him, can only find it near the lake of Innisfree.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The isle of Innisfree stands for unadulterated natural beauty. A visit to Innisfree gives immense joy, pleasure and peace to the poet. The sounds of honeybees, crickets and the lake water lapping by the shore tempt him to go there again and again.