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    The poem describes the Isle of Innisfree as a peaceful place where the poet wishes to live. It depicts the island as having a peaceful atmosphere where peace comes slowly in the morning accompanied by the song of crickets. The midday is portrayed as a purple glow and evenings filled with the songs of linnets. The poet expresses a desire to find peace in Innisfree, possibly reminiscing about the tranquility of his childhood home.

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    The poem describes the Isle of Innisfree as a peaceful place where the poet wishes to live. It depicts the island as having a peaceful atmosphere where peace comes slowly in the morning accompanied by the song of crickets. The midday is portrayed as a purple glow and evenings filled with the songs of linnets. The poet expresses a desire to find peace in Innisfree, possibly reminiscing about the tranquility of his childhood home.

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    The poem describes the Isle of Innisfree as a peaceful place where the poet wishes to live. It depicts the island as having a peaceful atmosphere where peace comes slowly in the morning accompanied by the song of crickets. The midday is portrayed as a purple glow and evenings filled with the songs of linnets. The poet expresses a desire to find peace in Innisfree, possibly reminiscing about the tranquility of his childhood home.

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    Lake Isle of Innisfree

    1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

    ‘And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
    Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
    There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
    And evening full of the linnet’s wings’

    a. “And I shall have some peace there”. How and when shall the poet have peace in
    Innisfree?
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    b. What kind of place is Innisfree?

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    c. What are the three things that the poet will do in the Isle of Innisfree?
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    d. What do these words mean to you?
    ‘...peace comes dropping slow
    Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings.’

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    e. What does Isle of Innisfree represent? Does the poet miss the home of his boyhood
    days?

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