CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What kind of a house did the poet want to have at Innisfree?
A
A well furnished.
B
A bog house
C
A house made of wood and clay
D
None
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The poet wants to build a small hut of clay and wattles. He will have a nine bean-rows and a hive for the honeybees.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: (d) In a small cabin that he will build with his own hands. Question 4.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lake Isle of Innisfree is an uninhabited island within Lough Gill, in Ireland, near which Yeats spent his summers as a child. Yeats describes the inspiration for the poem coming from a “sudden” memory of his childhood while walking down Fleet Street in London in 1888.

Detailed explanation-4: -The poet wishes to build a small cabin at Innisfree to be made with sticks and clay.

Detailed explanation-5: -2. By now you may have concluded that Innisfree is a simple, natural place, full of beauty and peace.

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