The Lake Isle of Innisfree
The Lake Isle of Innisfree - meaning Summary
Longing for Rural Solitude
Yeats' poem expresses a yearning to abandon urban life for a simple, self-sufficient existence on Innisfree. The speaker envisions building a cabin, tending bean-rows and bees, and living amid slow, restorative natural rhythms. Sensory images of morning veils, lapping water and bird song create a palpable contrast with pavements and grey roadways. The final lines reveal that this pastoral longing is not a plan but an inner, sustaining ache.
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