CLASS 9
THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
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James Kirkup.
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Robert Frost
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W.B. Yeats
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Phoebe Cary
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lake Isle of Innisfree is an uninhabited island within Lough Gill, in Ireland, near which Yeats spent his summers as a child.
Detailed explanation-3: -The poet wants to move from the city space to the island named Innisfree. He longs to return to the small home build of clay that is fenced using sticks. He wishes to live in that open forest area among the bees and nature. He is longing for solitude.
Detailed explanation-4: -“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-5: -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.