The Lake Isle of Innisfree

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The Lake Isle of Innisfree is a celebrated lyric poem by W.B. Yeats that expresses a yearning for peace and solitude in an imagined rural retreat.

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instanceOf lyric poem
poem
alludesTo the Biblical phrase "I will arise and go now"
author W.B. Yeats
surface form: W. B. Yeats

W.B. Yeats
surface form: William Butler Yeats
collectedIn The Rose
collectedInPublicationYear 1893
containsImage a hive for the honey-bee
a small cabin of clay and wattles made
lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore
nine bean-rows
contrast rural nature versus city life
countryOfOrigin Ireland
firstPublicationYear 1890
firstPublishedIn The National Observer
form three quatrains
genre lyric poetry
hasFamousStatus one of Yeats's most popular poems
hasLine And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey
influence modern Irish poetry
inspiredByPlace County Sligo
Lough Gill
isTaughtIn English literature curricula worldwide
language English
literaryMovement Irish Literary Revival
literaryPeriod late 19th century
meter iambic hexameter
narrativePerspective first person
numberOfLines 12
numberOfStanzas 3
openingLine I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree
refrain I will arise and go now
rhymeScheme ABAB
setting Innisfree
settingDescription a small island in Lough Gill, County Sligo, Ireland
subjectMatter imagined withdrawal to a rural island
symbol Innisfree as a symbol of inner peace
the cabin as a symbol of simple living
the lake as a symbol of tranquility
theme escape from urban life
harmony with nature
idealized rural retreat
longing for peace
solitude
tone meditative
nostalgic
yearning

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W.B. Yeats notableWork The Lake Isle of Innisfree