Question

(b) I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear the lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
i. What makes the poet desirous of going to Innisfree?
ii. Why are the sounds of the lake low?
Iii When does the poet hear the music of the waves?
iv. What does the word ‘grey’ symbolize here?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. poet is desired to go free as he's been feeling pressure
2. the sound of water is characterised as low
3. he heard the waves when he opened his mind and got free
4. grey here means footpath or rock