CLASS 9
THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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flowing stream
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sound of flowing stream
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low soft sound of lake’s water washing the shore
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none
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Detailed explanation-1: -(i) These words bring to our minds the image of buzzing bees. (ii) These words bring up the image of linnets flying across an evening sky. (iii) These words evoke not only the image but also the soft sound of a lake’s water washing the shore.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: (i) These words create an image of buzzing bees in the glade.
Detailed explanation-3: -There are many examples of assonance throughout the poem. Example: Purple, hazy, full of birds. I hear lake water lapping with low sound by the shore.
Detailed explanation-4: -The poet uses ‘bee-loud glade’, ‘evenings full of linnet’s wing’, and ‘lake water lapping with low sound to present the sights and sounds on Innisfree.
Detailed explanation-5: -18. How does the poet describe the midnight and noon on the island? Ans. Both midnight and noon on the island are visualized by the poet to be very bright with only different hues of brilliance – the twinkling light of the moon and the stars in the midnight and the bright purple shine in the noon.