ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

POETRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who wrote about the idyllic ’Isle of Innisfree’?
A
Dylan Thomas
B
Ezra Pound
C
Yeats
D
E. E. cummings
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The “Isle of Innisfree” is a song composed by Dick Farrelly (Irish songwriter, policeman and poet, born Richard Farrelly), who wrote both the music and lyrics.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Lake of Innisfree MCQs – Practise free MCQs from Class 9 English Beehive book Poem 4-The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats.

Detailed explanation-3: -"The Lake Isle of Innisfree” is a twelve-line poem comprising three quatrains, written by William Butler Yeats in 1888 and first published in the National Observer in 1890. It was reprinted in The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics in 1892 and as an illustrated Cuala Press Broadside in 1932.

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: -A major theme in “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”, is nature versus civilization. What we value in life is often the exact opposite of what civilization brings with it. Nature allows us to explore the various forms of life but civilization has a certain set of rules with which we have to abide. Was this answer helpful?

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