What kind of place is Innisfree? Think about.

(i) The three things the poet wants-to do when he would go back there. (Stanza I)


(ii) What he hears and sees there (Stanza II) and its effect on him?


(iii) What he hears in his "heart's core" even when he is far away from Innisfree? (Stanza III)

Innisfree is a peaceful and tranquil place where the poet had spent a lot of time during the days of his boyhood.

(i) (a) The poet wants to build a small cabin made up of clay and wattles.


(b) He wants to plant nine rows of beans.


(c) He wants to keep a hive for the honeybees and live alone in the bee-loud glade.


(ii) The poet hears the cricket sing as well as experiences peace dropping from the veils of the morning. He enjoys the evenings surrounded by the calmness of the linnet’s wings. The glimmering midnight and the purple glow of the noon unfold a state of serenity which has a very mesmerizing impact on the poet’s mind.


(iii) The poet hears the low sounds of lake water washing the shore in his “heart’s core” even when he is far away from Innisfree.


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