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The Lake Isle of Innisfree Summary & Study Guide Description
The Lake Isle of Innisfree Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
This detailed literature summary also contains Further Reading on The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats.
The Lake Isle of Innisfree Poem Summary
Preview of The Lake Isle of Innisfree Summary:
Line 1
In this line Yeats establishes the opening tone as well as the refrain of the poem. The poem focuses on Innisfree as a place of escape for the speaker.
Lines 2-4
Here the speaker describes Innisfree as a simple, natural environment where he will build a cabin and live alone. Note the rich description in these lines. The language is specific. The speaker does not merely mention that he will build a cabin, but also that it will be made of "clay and wattles." The speaker also specifies that he will have "nine bean-rows," instead of simply a "garden." These are images that conjure up in the mind of the reader concrete visual features of Yeats's poetic fantasy. Notice also the particularly interesting image of the "bee-loud glade." This image invests Innisfree with a magical air.
Lines 5-6
In these lines Yeats introduces the connection between peace and Innisfree in the speaker's...
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