The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B Yeats - Explanation
The poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" is written by William Butler Yeats, a noted Modern poet of the 20th century. The poem was inspired by Henry David Thoreau's Walden. It reflects the poet's desire to move to a small island of Innisfree, situated within Lough Gill, in County Sligo, Ireland, where Yeats spent his summers as a child. His motive behind it is to gather tranquility. The poem follows the Rhyming scheme - ABAB CDCD EFEF.
The poet plans to go to the island of Innisfree and build a small cabin there for himself with the material of clay and wattle. In the heart of the forest echoing with bee-buzzing, he would live alone there. For subsistence, he would grow beans in nine rows and engage himself in bee-keeping. He intends to seek peace there as silence prevails in the morning and the only audible sound is of Crickets' chirping. At midnight, everything is visible, noon too brightens with "purple glow" and linnets can be seen in the sky at evening.
He is now ready to go there as he very often misses the natural sounds of lake water reaching the shore. When he is performing his routine tasks or stands on the roadway or on grey pavements, he can imagine listening to the serene natural sound in his heart.
The poet plans to go to the island of Innisfree and build a small cabin there for himself with the material of clay and wattle. In the heart of the forest echoing with bee-buzzing, he would live alone there. For subsistence, he would grow beans in nine rows and engage himself in bee-keeping. He intends to seek peace there as silence prevails in the morning and the only audible sound is of Crickets' chirping. At midnight, everything is visible, noon too brightens with "purple glow" and linnets can be seen in the sky at evening.
He is now ready to go there as he very often misses the natural sounds of lake water reaching the shore. When he is performing his routine tasks or stands on the roadway or on grey pavements, he can imagine listening to the serene natural sound in his heart.