The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Thinking about the Poem
I. l . What kind of place is Innisfree ? Think about:
Answer: Innisfree is a quiet, peaceful and beautiful natural place. It is away from the noise and rush of city life. The poet imagines it as a place where he can live simply, enjoy nature and find peace of mind.
(i) the three things the poet wants to do when he goes back there (stanza I)
Answer: The poet wants to build a small cabin of clay and wattles, plant nine rows of beans and keep a hive for honeybees.
(ii) what he hears and sees there and its effect on him (stanza II).
Answer: At Innisfree, the poet hears the sound of crickets and sees the soft light of midnight, the purple glow of noon and linnets flying in the evening. These sights and sounds fill his mind with peace and calmness.
(iii) what he hears in his "heart's core" even when he is far away from Innisfree (stanza III)
Answer: Even when the poet is far away from Innisfree, he hears in his heart the soft sound of lake water gently lapping against the shore.
2. By now you may have concluded that Innisfree is a simple, natural place, full of beauty and peace. How dগes the poet contrast it with where he now stands? (Read stanza III.)
Answer: Innisfree is peaceful, natural and quiet, while the place where the poet now stands is an urban area with roadways and grey pavements.
The contrast shows the difference between the calm beauty of nature and the dull, busy surroundings of city life. Even while standing in the city, the poet continues to remember the peaceful sound of the lake.
3. Do you think Innisfree is only a place, or a state of mind? Does the poet actually miss the place of his boyhood days?
Answer: Innisfree is both a real place and a state of mind for the poet. It represents peace, solitude and harmony with nature.
Yes, the poet deeply misses Innisfree and the peaceful experiences connected with it. Even when he is far away, its sights and sounds remain alive in his mind and heart.
II. 1. Look at the words the poet uses to describe what he sees and hears at Innisfree
(i) bee-loud glade
Answer: “Bee-loud glade” creates the picture of a quiet open place filled with the humming and buzzing of bees. It suggests a peaceful natural environment full of life.
(ii)evenings full of the linnet's wings
Answer: This phrase creates the image of linnet birds flying in the evening sky. Their movement makes the peaceful evening lively and beautiful.
(iii) lake water lapping with low sounds
Answer: This phrase creates the image of gentle lake water softly touching the shore. The low sound of the waves gives a feeling of peace, calmness and relaxation.
What pictures do these words create in your mind?
Answer: These words create a beautiful picture of a peaceful natural place filled with buzzing bees, flying birds and the soft sound of lake water.
They make Innisfree appear calm, fresh and far away from the noise and rush of city life.
2. Look at these words:
... peace comes dropping slow
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings
What do these words mean to you?. What do you think "comes dropping slow … from the veils of the morning" mean? What does "to where the cricket sings" mean?
Answer: These words suggest that peace slowly and gently fills the surroundings of Innisfree.
“Comes dropping slow from the veils of the morning” means that peace seems to descend gradually with the mist and soft light of the morning.
“To where the cricket sings” refers to the quiet natural surroundings of Innisfree, where the sound of crickets can be heard.
ADDITIONAL QUESTION-ANSWERS
Q.1. Who is the poet of the poem ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’?
Answer: William Butler Yeats is the poet of the poem ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’.
Q.2. What is Innisfree?
Answer: Innisfree is a small island in Lough Gill, Ireland. In the poem, it represents a peaceful and beautiful place close to nature.
Q.3. How is the evening at Innisfree?
Answer: The evening at Innisfree is peaceful and beautiful, with the sight and movement of linnet birds filling the surroundings.
Q.4. What does the poet hope to get at Innisfree?
Answer: The poet hopes to get peace, solitude and freedom from the noise and stress of city life at Innisfree.
Q.5. Of what the poet wants to build his cabin?
Answer: The poet wants to build his cabin of clay and wattles.
Q.6. How does the poet want to live at Innisfree?
Answer: The poet wants to live alone at Innisfree in a simple way, surrounded by nature, peace and beauty.
Q.7. Why does the poet want to go to Innisfree?
Answer: The poet wants to go to Innisfree because he longs for peace, solitude and a simple life close to nature, away from the noise and rush of the city.
Q.8. What will he grow in Innisfree?
Answer: The poet will grow nine rows of beans and keep a hive for honeybees at Innisfree.
Q.9. What does the poet hear always day and night?
Answer: The poet always hears in his heart the soft sound of the lake water gently lapping against the shore of Innisfree.
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Thinking about the Poem
I. l . What kind of place ls Innisfree ? Think about:
(ইন্নিচফ্ৰি কেনেধৰণৰ ঠাই?)
(i) the three things the poet wants to do when he goes back there (stanza I)
(কবিয়ে উভতি যোৱাৰ পাছত কৰিব খোজা তিনিবিধ কাম উল্লেখ কৰা)
Answer: The three things the poet wants to do when he goes back there are to build a small cabin of clay and wattles, have nine rows of bean and make a hive for honeybee.
(কবিয়ে কৰিব খোজা তিনিবিধ কাম হ’ল মাটিৰ সৰু জুপুৰি সজা, নটা পাচলিৰ শাৰী ৰোৱা আৰু মৌ মাখীৰ বাহ পোহা৷)
(ii) what he hears and sees there and its effect on him (stanza II).
(তাত তেওঁ কি শুনে আৰু দেখে আৰু তাৰ পৰা তেওঁৰ ওপৰত কেনে প্ৰভাৱ পৰে?)
Answer: He hears crickets singing in the morning and sees midnight gloms , noon with a purple glow and evenings full of linnet wings. These things give him peace. (তেওঁ তাত পুৱা ফৰিংৰ মাত শুনে আৰু মাজৰাতিৰ তৰাৱলী , ৰঙচুৱা আবেলি আৰু লিনেট চৰাইৰ জাক অহা সন্ধিয়া দেখে৷ এই বস্তুবোৰে তেওঁক শান্তি দিয়ে)
(iii) what he hears in his "heart's core" even when he is far away from Innisfree (stanza III)
(যদিও তেওঁ ইন্নিচফ্ৰিৰ পৰা বহু আতৰত আছিল তথাপিও তেওঁ হৃদয়ৰ মাজৰ পৰা কি শুনিছিল?
Answer: He hears the lake water lapping with low sound in his "heart's core" even when he is far away from Innisfree.
(যদিও তেওঁ ইন্নিচফ্ৰিৰ পৰা বহু আতৰত আছিল তথাপিও তেওঁ হৃদয়ৰ মাজৰ পৰা হ্ৰদৰ পানীৰ শান্ত মাত শুনিছিল)
2. By now you may have concluded that Innisfree is a simple, natural place, full of beauty and peace. How dগes the poet contrast it with where he now stands? (Read stanza III.)
(এতিয়ালৈকে এইটো বুজা গ’ল যে ইন্নিচফ্ৰি এখন সহজ, প্ৰাকৃতিক সৌন্দৰ্যপূৰ্ণ শান্ত ঠাই৷ তাৰ সৈতে কবিয়ে তেওঁৰ বৰ্তমানৰ অৱস্থানৰ কেনেদৰে তুলনা কৰিছে?)
Answer: The poet stands on a roadway or on a pavement. Though he is standing there, he can still imagine the low sound of lake water because of his deep intimacy with the place Innisfree.
(কবি কোনো পথৰ মাজত অথবা কাষত আছিল৷ যদিও তেওঁ ইন্নিচফ্ৰিৰ পৰা বহু আতৰত আছিল তথাপিও তেওঁ ঠাইখনৰ সৈতে থকা আত্মীয়তাৰ বাবে হ্ৰদৰ পানীৰ শান্ত মাত পৰ্যন্ত শুনিছিল )
3. Do you think Innisfree is only a place, or a state of mind? Does the poet actually miss the place of his boyhood days?
(তুমি ভাবা নে ইন্নিচফ্ৰি এখন ঠাই নে মাত্ৰ মনৰ অৱস্থা? কবিয়ে সচাঁই তেওঁৰ ল’ৰালিৰ ঠাইখনলৈ মনত পেলায় নে?)
Answer: According to me Innisfree is both a place and a state of mind. The poet actually does miss the place of his boyhood days a lot and that feeling transformed the place to a state of mind for him.
(মোৰ মতে ইন্নিচফ্ৰি এখন ঠাই হোৱাৰ লগতে মনৰো এক অৱস্থা৷ কবিয়ে তেওঁৰ ল’ৰালিৰ ঠাইখন মনত পেলায় আৰু তেওঁৰ এই অনুভৱে ঠাইখনৰ সৈতে থকা স্মৃতিবোৰ মনৰ এক অৱস্থালৈ পৰিৱৰ্তন কৰিছে)
II. 1. Look at the words the poet uses to describe what he sees and hears at Innisfree
(তলত দিয়া শব্দবোৰ কবিয়ে ইন্নিচফ্ৰিত দেখা আৰু শুনাবোৰৰ সৈতে কেনেদৰে বৰ্ণনা কৰিছে?)
(i) bee-loud glade (মৌ মাখিৰ জাক)
(ii)evenings full of the linnet's wings
(লিনেট চৰাইৰ জাক অহা সন্ধিয়া)
(iii) lake water lapping with low sounds
(হ্ৰদৰ পানীৰ শান্ত মাত)
What pictures do these words create in your mind?
(তোমাৰ মনত এইবোৰে কেনেধৰণৰ চিত্ৰ অংকন কৰিছে?)
Answer: These words creates a beautiful scenario in our mind. The place is full of natural things like humming bees. In the evening there are a flock of Linnet birds. There is also the low sounds of lake water. Everything described above makes the place peaceful and tranquil altogether.
(এই শব্দবোৰে মনত এক সুন্দৰ চিত্ৰ অংকন কৰিছে৷ ঠাইখন প্ৰাকৃতিক সৌন্দৰ্যযুক্ত বস্তু যেনে মৌ মাখি আদিৰে পূৰ্ণ৷ তাত আকৌ হ্ৰদৰ পানীৰ শান্ত শব্দও শুনিবলৈ পোৱা যায়৷ তাত বৰ্ণনা দিয়া প্ৰত্যেকটো শব্দই ঠাইখনক এক নিৰিবিলি শান্ত পৰিৱেশ প্ৰদান কৰিছে)
2. Look at these words: (তলত দিয়া শব্দবোৰ চোৱা)
... peace comes dropping slow
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings
What do these words mean to you?. What do you think "comes dropping slow … from the veils of the morning" mean? What does "to where the cricket sings" mean?
(শব্দবোৰৰ পৰা কি বুজিলা? "comes dropping slow ... from the veils of the morning" মানে কি?"to where the cricket sings এ কি বুজাইছে?)
Answer: By "comes dropping" it means peace. "To where the cricket sings" means the place Innisfree.
("comes dropping" মানে হ’ল শান্তি৷ "to where the cricket sings" বাপ্যশাৰীয়ে ইন্নিচফ্ৰি নামৰ ঠাইডোখৰৰ কথা বুজাইছে)
Re-Arrange By Dipawali Bora
Author Himadri Borah
(M.A in English )
