Class 9 English Poem Chapter 4 The Lake Isle Of Innisfree

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Class 9 English Poem Chapter 4 The Lake Isle Of Innisfree

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The Lake Isle Of Innisfree

Chapter – 4

BEEHIVE (POEM)

TEXTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Thinking about the text:

Q.1. What kind of place is Innisfree?

Ans:- Innisfree is a lake island. It is a peaceful place where the crickets sing. The poet wants to visit this place in order to enjoy peace during his boyhood. 

(i) the three things the poet wants to do when he goes back there. (stanza-I)

Ans. The poet will build a small cabin. He will have three nine beannows. He will live alone in the bee glade. 

(ii) what he hears and sees there and its effect on him? (stanza-Il)

Ans. There at Innisfree the poet hears as well as sees the crickets singing. The evening is full of the linnets birds. As the poet is residing there round the clock. He enjoys the purple rays of the sun at noon. 

(iii) what he hears in his “heart’s core” even when he is far away from Innisfree? (stanza-IIII)

Ans. The poet hears in the deep heart’s core the low sound of water flowing towards the shore when he is far away from Innisfree.

Q.2. By now you may have concluded that Innisfree is a simple, natural place full of beauty and peace. How does the poet contrast it with where he now stands?

Ans. The poet is much attracted towards the calm, beautiful and natural place of innisfree. There he visits the spot, to give him peace of mind.

The poet is to be there round the clock. There he will see flowing water of the lake that dashed against the store. He contrasts the same when he is standing either on the road side or on the pavement. He feels it in the case of his heart.

Q.3. Do you think Innisfree is only a place or a state of mind? Does the poet actually miss the place of his boyhood days?

Ans. Innisfree is a simple, beautiful and a natural beautiful place where the poet goes to attain peace. The poet doesn’t miss the place during his boyhood. There he spent a lot of time when he was a boy. 

II. 1. Look at the words the poet uses to describe what he sees and nears at Innisfree:

(i) Bee-loud glade.

Ans. The poet hears and sees the bees busy at their beehive. They go on buzzing and collecting the honey in their hive. He hears their sounds and witnesses them at work.

(ii) Evening full of the linnet’s wings.

Ans:- When the evening starts, there appear many linnet birds in the sky. They fly in the sky and their wings flutter there. The poet hears their sounds and views them. The atmosphere remains busy. 

(iii) Lake water lapping with low sounds.

What pictures do these words bring to your mind?

Ans:- Lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore “ is both a memory and a call to the speaker. He has been there in his past. But now as a city dweller, He misses the quiet sound of the lake’s waves gently bruising against the land.

2. Look at these words:

………. peace comes dropping slow

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings. What do these words mean to you? What do you think ‘comes dropping slowly ………. from the veils of the morning? What does ” where the cricket sings” mean?

Ans. ‘Veils of the morning’ means the cover of fog that hangs like a veil on the landscape of Innisfree. Crickets sing in the morning from under the cover of fog. Peace will come slowly like drops of water. The terms collectively mean the peaceful morning atmosphere that prevails at Innisfree.

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