Question

WB Yeats’ poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” talks about the beauty of Nature. Justify this statement with adequate instances.

Answer 1

The poet talks about going to live in the Isle of Innisfree. Free open land with only the sound of buzzing bees and the sound of linnets beating their wings. Where one’s mind is slowly set at peace, with only the singing of crickets under the night sky, glimmering with stars.

The mornings are veiled in mist while the afternoons are awash in purple colour.

The sound of lake water lapping on the shore is soothing to the ears.

The poet says he will always carry these beautiful sights and sounds in his heart, wherever he goes.

‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ is written by Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939).