Let’s Talk Literature_3

19th January 2024

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

by
William Butler Yeats
 Nationalism
British
Patriotism
Rebellion
Irishness
Independence
Irishess
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
SLIGO
Innisfree
…sudden memory…
‘…and when walking through Fleet Street very homesick I heard a

little tinkle of water and saw a fountain in a

shopwindow which balanced a little ball upon its jet,

and began to remember lake water.’

Some dates…

13th June 1865 – 28th January 1939

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

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.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day

I hear 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 will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

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.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day

I hear 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.

Some questions…
1. The poet was probably living …when he wrote 3. What does the poet hope to find living in
the poem. Innisfree?
a) a farm a) Wealth
b) a city b) Peace
2. The poet wants to return to Innisfree because… 4.Which of the following words suggests the poet
is not married?
a) He wants to build a house there.
b) He does not like living in the city. a) Arise
b) Alone
5.What does the expression ‘veils of morning’
mean?
a) The morning sunlight
b) The morning mist
Some questions…
1. The poet was probably living in …when he 3. What does the poet hope to find living in
wrote the poem. Innisfree?
a) a farm a) Wealth
b) a city b) Peace
2.The poet wants to return to Innisfree because… 4.Which of the following words suggests the poet
is not married?
a) He wants to build a house there.
b) He does not like living in the city. a) Arise
b) Alone
5.What does the expression ‘veils of morning’
mean?
a) The morning sunlight
b) The morning mist
The First Phase (1885-
1902)

The Second Phase (1903-13)

The Third Phase (1914-

1928)

The Fourth Phase (1928-

1939)
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping
slow,
Dro
ing 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.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day

I hear 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 will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
Imagery
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
SIGHT

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

I will arise and go now, for always night and day

I hear 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 will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles
Allitteration made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the
honey-bee, Inversion
Repetition And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

Allusion
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes Personification
dropping slow,
Assonance Dropping from the veils of the morning to where
the cricket sings; Metaphor
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple
glow,
Contrast Consonance
And evenings full of the linnet’s wings.

Onomatopoeia Synesthesia
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the
shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements
grey,
Musicality…
Innisfree, L'isola Sul Lago
di Angelo Branduardi (1986)

Ed ecco ora mi alzerò, a Innisfree andrò,

Là una casa costruirò, d'argilla e canne io la farò;
là io avrò nove filari ed un alveare, perché le api facciano miele.
E là da solo io vivrò, io vivrò nella radura dove ronzano le api.
E là io pace avrò: lentamente, goccia a goccia,
viene dai veli del mattino fino a dove il grillo canta;
mezzanotte là è un balenio, porpora è mezzogiorno
e la sera è un volo di uccelli.

Ed ecco ora mi alzerò, perché sempre notte e giorno

posso sentire l'acqua del lago accarezzare la riva piano;
mentre in mezzo ad una strada io sto, sui marciapiedi grigi,
nel profondo del cuore questo io sento.
Link: https://genius.com/Angelo-branduardi-innisfree-lisola-sul-lago-lyrics
Further information…