TheLakeI

sleofI
nni
sfr
eebyW.
B.Yeat
s

I
ntr
oduct
ion:
-Thi
spoem i
sal
yri
cal
poem.I
tisamusi
cal
poem.I
texpl
orest
hepoet
’sdesi
re
forthepeaceandt
ranqui
li
tyofInnisfree,aplacewherehespentalotofti
measaboy .I
nni
sfr
ee
i
st henameofaplaceinIr
eland.Itisav eryquietpl
aceandthati
sthereasonthepoetwantsto
got her
e.Hehadspenthi
schildhoodi nthisplace.Hehasverysweetmemoriesofthatpl
ace,
thatiswhyhewantedtogobackt ot helakeislandofI
nnisf
ree.

Summar
y:-Thepoet
,Wi
l
li
am But
lerYeat
s,i
nthef
ir
stst
anzasay
sthathewant
stogot
o
Innisfree.Ov erthere,hewi llbui l
dasmal l r
oom f orhimselfwi thcl ayandsmal lsticks( bushes)
whi char eusedt omaket hewal lsort hef encesoft hecabi n(hut).Ashewi llneedsomef oodt o
eatal so, sohewi l
lgrowni ner owsofbeansnearhi sroom.Al so, hewi l
lgett hehoneyf rom t he
honeybeehi ve.Hesay st hatt heopenspace, wherehewi l
lbui l
dhi sroom wi l
lbef ulloft he
buzzi ngsoundoft hebeesov ert herehewi llliveal lal
one,inpeaceandt ranqui li
ty.Inthesecond
stanzat hepoetsay sthatwheni nInnisf ree, hewi l
lfeelpeacef ul,andhesay st hatthef eel i
ngof
peacei sf el
tsl owlyandgr adual l
y .Hedescr ibeshowhewoul df eel peaceful.Inthemor ni
ngt i
me,
wheni tiscl oudy ,andt hev i
ewi snotv erycl ear ,thenitwillappearasi fthemor ninghaswor na
veilandhashi ddenitself.Looki ngatt hi sscenewi l
lmakehi mf eel peaceful.Furtherhesay s
thatwhent hemal ecr icketinsectwi llsingasong, t
hatsoundwi l
l bri
nghim atpeace.Al so, at
mi dnightwhenhewi l
l seet het wi nkl
ingst arsi nt heopensky ,theirshinewi l
lgivehi m peace.I n
theaf ternoon, whent hesunl ightwi l
l giveapur pli
shglow, i
twi llalsogivehi m peace.Dur ingt he
eveni ng, whenhewi llseet hel innetbi rdf lyi
ngi nt hesky,thenal sohewi llfeelpeacef ul.Int he
thirdst anz at hepoetsay st hatnowhewi llst andupandgot oInni sfr
eebecauseal lthet i
me, t
he
soundoft hel akewat er ,stri
kingt heshor er epeat sinhi
smi nd.Thi ssoundat tr
act shimt owar ds
thel ake.Wher everhei s–ei therst andi ngont her oadwayoront hegr ey-col ouredpav ement s,
hehear st hesounddeepi nt hei nnermostpar tofhishear t.