Jharkhand Board Class 9TH English Notes | THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
JAC Board Solution For Class 9TH English Poetry Chapter 4
COMPREHENSION
■ Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow :―
1. I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a smelt cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows willI have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
Q. (a) Name the poem from where this extract has been taken.
(b) Who has written these lines?
(c) Is Innisfree a real place or just his state of mind?
(d) How does he plan to feed and support himself there?
(e) What is the significance of living alone?
Ans. (a) Poem - The Lake Isle of Innisfree.
(b) Written by - William Suiter Yeats.
(c) To me, Innisfree seems to exist in the poet's imagination
only.
(d) He plans to build a hut there, grow beans and keep bees.
(e) He needs no company at Innisfree. He longs for perfect
peace and privacy.
2. And I shall have some peace there for peace comes dropping
slow
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket
sings;
There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evenings full of the linner's wings.
Q. (a) When shall the poet experience 'peace'?
(b) What kind of noon will it be?
(c) What shall happen in the evenings?
Ans.(a) The poet shall experience peace dropping during the
morning when the cricket shall sing.
(b) The noon shall have a purple glow.
(c) The linnet's wings shall fill up the evenings.
3. I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear the take water lapping with low sounds by the shore:
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray
I hear it in the deep heart's core.
Q. (a) What does he hear now?
(b) Where does he stand?
(c) How does the poet hear it?
Ans.(a) He hears the low sounds of lake water lapping its shore.
(b) He stands on the roadways or on the gray pavements.
(c) The poet hears it in the core of his heart.
Short Answer Type Quesions
■ Answer these questions in about 30-40 words each :―
Q.1. Why does the poet say, "I will arise and go now..."?
Ans. The poet has spent a long time out of Innisfree amid
noises and illusions. He now wants to break free from the 'sleep of
city life and go back to Innisfree.
Q. 2. What connections does the poet share with Innisfree?
Ans. The poet has spent his boyhood days in Innisfree. The
pure, simple and beautiful aspect of nature have left their impact
on his mind, which attract him towards itself.
Q. 3. What will the poet do on reaching Innisfree?
Ans. The poet will make a small cabin to live in. He will grow
vegetables there. He will rear the honey bee as well. He will live
there alone.
Q. 4. How does the poet create the picture of Innisfree
through words?
Ans. The poet uses the colours to express the various times,
and the sounds to express the day and night. His simple words
create the peaceful atmosphere of Innisfree in a convincing manner.
Q. 5. What does the poet mean to say by "midnights all a
glimmer"?
Ans. The poet means to say that there is no artificial light.
nation
The nights are completely black; these are nothing but the
twinkling of the stars.
Q. 6. What can the poet hear when he is away from Innisfree?
Ans. When the poet is away from Innisfree, he can hear the
sounds coming from Innisfree. The sound is produced by the still
water of Lake Isle when it strikes the shore.
Q. 7. What is the poet's reason behind his wish to go to
Innisfree? Give any two reasons.
Ans. The poet wishes to go to Innisfree for two reasons:
(a) He has spent his boyhood days and misses it.
(b) He seeks the peace which is found in Innisfree in
abundance.
Q. 8. Where shall the poet go and how shall he live there?
Ans. The poet shall go to Innisfree. He will build a small cabin
there. It will be of clay and have a fence. He shall have nine rows of
bean and a hive for the honeybee. He will live alone there.
Q. 9. What beauty of nature shall the poet observe in
Innisfree?
Ans. The poet shall listen to the cricket's song in the morning.
The midnight shall have the light of the glow worms. The noon
shall look beautiful in its purple glow. The linnets shall fly during
the evenings.
Q. 10. How will the poet enjoy his stay 'night and day'?
Ans. The poet shall hear the lake water lapping the shore with
low sounds. At night he shall look and enjoy the 'glimmer'. He
shall enjoy seeing the non glow purple.
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