CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where is Innisfree?
A
England
B
Canada
C
Ireland
D
Italy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Innisfree is in one sense, however, in the English version of th. doubly imagined space. Inis Fraoigh in the original Irish mean. of Heather’ and has nothing whatsoever to do with freedom.

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: -Innisfree is an uninhabited island within Lough Gill, a lake mainly situated in County Sligo, but partly in County Leitrim, in the Border Region of northern Ireland. Yeats had spent his summers as a child nearby and had imagined living on the island in imitation of Thoreau.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many will have heard of Innisfree Island from the poem by W.B. Yeats, but many don’t realise that it’s actually a real place! Well, it is, and you can visit it!

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