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 ⓘ
linked to: W.B. Yeats

William Butler Yeats ⓘ
linked to: W.B. 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 ⓘ
Lough Gill → inspiredWork → The Lake Isle of Innisfree ⓘ
Innisfree → mentionedInWork → "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" ⓘ
linked to: The Lake Isle of Innisfree
The Rose → hasPoem → The Lake Isle of Innisfree ⓘ
Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats → includesPoem → The Lake Isle of Innisfree ⓘ
Yeats Country → hasPoeticAssociation → “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” ⓘ
linked to: The Lake Isle of Innisfree