![]() ![]() Even if we must go, however, it doesn’t mean we have to spend our lives dreading it. In his mind it may be just a subtle acknowledgment, but “in the deep heart’s core” (12), it is the recognition of a universal event in life, one that unites all of us. No matter where he is, be it “on the roadway, or on the pavements grey” (11), the idea stays with him. The repetition of the “lake water lapping” (10), and at all times, “always night and day” (9), shows just how prominent the thought is in the narrator’s mind. In the final lines, the narrator emphasizes how he is constantly reminded of death’s imminence. Yeats’s expressive descriptions of the times of day really add to the notion that life is beautiful. Therefore, we must do whatever we can to find peace and relaxation, to really relish our lives while we can. Even in this tranquil space, peaces comes “slow” (5), which illuminates how distracting and stressful urban places are for us. The opening stanza is reminiscent of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden images of “a small cabin” (2) built from scratch and “nine bean-rows” (3), all while the narrator is living in solitude, call to mind Thoreau’s concept of “living deliberately.” The narrator certainly sees the benefits of this lifestyle, as he predicts “peace there” (5). While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey, I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore I will arise and go now, for always night and day ![]() There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee Īnd I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,ĭropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,Īnd a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: ![]() The poem’s rhythmic sway and vivid imagery make it an incredibly enjoyable read, and it sends out a beautiful message-that we should enjoy life, even though we know that death is inevitable: Yeats has a powerful effect on people, and “Innisfree” in particular: it’s easily one of his most well-known works. When I took my “Literature in the 20 th Century” course at my university, the professor of the class called William Butler Yeats’s “ The Lake Isle of Innisfree” one of the most beautiful poems she had ever read an article I stumbled upon recently includes Yeats in the “The 10 Greatest Poets.” Clearly W.B. ![]()
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