The Lake Isle of Innisfree (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Butler Yeats
- First Published: 1890
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Nature, Nineteenth century, England or English people, Islands, City life, London, Peace, Romanticism, Ireland or Irish people, Insects, Bees, Heart
The Poem
“The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” a twelve-line poem divided into three quatrains, is a study in contrasts. The most obvious contrast is between two places: one rural (identified in the title and described throughout much of the poem), the other (alluded to only in the second-to-last line)—by implication—urban.
Innisfree is a small island at the eastern end of Lough Gill in County Sligo, Ireland. William Butler Yeats spent part of nearly every year in Sligo while growing up; he often walked out from Sligo town to Lough Gill. His father having read to him...
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