The Lake Isle Of Innisfree - A poem by William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats - The Lake Isle Of Innisfree

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet's wings.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.

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The Lake Isle Of Innisfree - Comments and Information
Poet: William Butler Yeats Poem: The Lake Isle Of Innisfree Volume: The Rose Year: Published/Written in 1893 Comment 12 of 12, added on May 29th, 2006 at 10:21 AM. I believe this is probably a part of every human being who has ever lived. When times get tough and when life is busy we long for a place to relax and call our own. It is a romantic poem, because he speaks so highly of a place we all would like to be. "I will arise and go now yo Innisfree" sounds impulsive. It makes you wonder whether he actually up and left his life for a few days and visited his oasis, or whether he took up his place there only in his mind. My Grade 11 english class have been discussing this poem for days now and all 32 of us decided that in a world as phony and hectic as ours we all long to have the abilities of Yeats and to write others into our place of peace. To provide others with our vision of paradise. Kayla from Canada Comment 11 of 12, added on May 24th, 2006 at 3:25 PM. Yugoslavia doesn't exist anymore, and who really cares. Anyhow, I come from one of the states, Montenegro now, mentality similar to Irish. I have first read this poem some 15 years ago, and i always come back to it, or, rather, it comes back to me, when I miss home a lot. I've been living away from my country, but I need it so much, even though it's nothing special, and when Yates comes to visit my mind with his Innisfree, I know it's time to see home. He captured it like noone before, or after him. Olya from Yugoslavia Comment 10 of 12, added on May 4th, 2006 at 5:14 PM. This poem, to me, is one of the great ones. This is because as simple as it is, it says so many things to different people. It has always been one of my favorites. (That and "Good Bye Proud World, I'm Going Home.") I have been to Ireland often but not to this lake. Any peaceful lake will do for a good memory jolt that the poem gives. It can really calm you down when the pressures of the world are beating down on you; job, work, homelife, bills, kids, etc. The poem simply takes you to a place where you can hear the wind, the sheep in the back ground, the waves on the shore, etc. It is the ultimate escape of the mind at any time that no one can take from you. You would be amazed to know how many other people know this poem by heart also. My aunt (whom I hated up until this point) was able to recite this poem with me at a family Thanksgiving. Just enjoy the poem for what it is .. a great escape. Steve Walsh from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, The Lake Isle Of Innisfree, has received 12 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by William Butler Yeats with others on the Poetry Connection poetry forum!

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