Lake Isle of Innisfree

1. Answer the following questions:

a. How does the poet contrast Innisfree with where he now stands?

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b. What do you think ‘comes dropping slow...from the veils of the morning’?

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c. Look at the words the poet uses to describe what he sees and hears at Innisfree.
What pictures do these words create in your mind?
(i) Bee-loud glade
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(ii) Evenings full of the linnet’s wings
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(iii) Lake water lapping with low sounds
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d. Do you think Innisfree is only a place or a state of mind?

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