The Lake Isle of Innisfree

What metaphors are used in The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats?

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The amphibraic foot in the fifth line corresponds with the similar foot in the first line. This may be used to emphasize the metaphor that Innisfree represents escape for the speaker.

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The Lake Isle of Innisfree