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Author of 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree'
Author of 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree'
W.B. Yeats
What does Yeats long for in the poem?
What does Yeats long for in the poem?
Peace & simple life in nature
No. of stanzas in 'Lake Isle of Innisfree'
No. of stanzas in 'Lake Isle of Innisfree'
Three
Location of Innisfree
Location of Innisfree
Island in Ireland
3 main themes of the poem
3 main themes of the poem
Desire for peace, nature connection, natural vs urban life
W.B. Yeats' birth & death years
W.B. Yeats' birth & death years
1865-1939
Year Yeats won Nobel Prize in Literature
Year Yeats won Nobel Prize in Literature
1923
Influences on Yeats' poetry
Influences on Yeats' poetry
Irish mythology & Irish landscape
What does Yeats call the glade?
What does Yeats call the glade?
Bee-loud glade
How does peace come (stanza 2)?
How does peace come (stanza 2)?
Dropping slow
Where does Yeats hear the lake water?
Where does Yeats hear the lake water?
Deep heart's core
Contrast to Innisfree's beauty
Contrast to Innisfree's beauty
Grey, noisy city life