The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Name the poet of 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree’.

• James Kirkup.

• W.B. Yeats

• Robert Frost.

• Phoebe Cary.

What does the poet hear night and day in the core of his heart?

• (a) The sound of the lake water lapping against the shore of Innisfree.

• (b) The cries of his children telling him to come back home.

• (c) The cries of his countrymen to fight for his country

• d) The cries of birds and animals to come and live with them in the forest.

What beautiful sight will he get to see there?

• (a) The glimmer of midnight stars.

• (b) The linnets flying about in the evening.

• (c) The purple glow of the noon.

• (d) All the above.

What does the poet hope to get there?

• Wealth.

• Friends.

• Peace.

• Name and fame.

What thing will the poet not do on the Innisfree land?

• build a hive for the honeybee

• plant nine bean rows

• build a small cabin

• build a restaurant

What kind of land is Innisfree?

• (a) stormy and dusty

• (b) peaceful and loving

• (c) very hot and humid

• d) unfit for human habitation

'Lake water lapping with low sounds’

What image do these words draw in the mind?

• flowing stream

• sound of flowing stream

• low soft sound of lake water washing the shore

• none

What kind of a house did the poet plan to build at Innisfree?

• a well furnished

• A big house

• a house made of wood and clay

• a tent

Why did the poet want to go to Innisfree?

• He wanted to re live his past

• to enrich his spirit and feel light away from the noise of the city

• to have a change of mood

• to explore something new

'Evenings full of linnet's wings'

What does this line mean?

• the noise of flying insects

• linnets flying in the evening sky

• buzzing bees

• noise of insects in the evening