Quote from Luke 15: "I will arise" (Refrain)
Context: stand up after a fall to change to a life of goodness.
In poem: refers to lake where he can become really alive and happy.
The lake isle of Innesfree Repetition of 'go’ →
"Will" → determination and urgency emphasises urgency to leave
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
Line 2: introduces his plans Simplicity of the speaker's ideal life
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: His intention is to live a minimal life.
What he desires most, is to live amid
nature — major theme in poem
'I' → strengthens idea of staying alone
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
Irony: speaker prefers noise of bees which
survives in a large family group-colony while
the speaker desires to live alone. Speaker could be desiring a life that is selfless, devoted
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
Onomatopoeia
The speaker describes peace as he links
Stanza 2: the speaker reveals peace to morning dew which will drop from
the benefits of staying in the leaves on the trees to the grass on the "Dropping” → peace
Innesfree — peace ground
Repetition of ‘peace’ → emphasises theme of poem comes freely and
"Some" → abundantly from above.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Allusion to heaven
suggests more
‘And’: it follows smoothly after ‘glade’ "Slow" → it comes gently,
peace than he is
experiencing now Metaphor: mist of the morning compared to veils, gradually, steadily
covering the sun just as veils also covers objects.
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings
Contrast: "linnet's wings" and "cricket
sings". The strong, piercing sound of the
‘There’: accentuates the setting crickets in the early evening are
"Gl" in glow and contrasted to the soft rustling sound of
glimmer links the There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, the block of linnets, settling down in the
steady light of the trees for the night.
stars which
"Purple glow of noon" → brightly
illuminate the island coloured light created by the sun at noon
at night
And evening full of the linnet's wings.
The speaker further describes the different times of day and the
extraordinary qualities they posses at the lake isle of innerfree
Imagery: the imagery calls up sequences that further
emphasise the importance of the daydream to the speaker
Context: stand up after a fall to change to a life of goodness.
In poem: refers to lake where he can become really alive and happy.
The lake isle of Innesfree Repetition of 'go’ →
"Will" → determination and urgency emphasises urgency to leave
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
Line 2: introduces his plans Simplicity of the speaker's ideal life
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: His intention is to live a minimal life.
What he desires most, is to live amid
nature — major theme in poem
'I' → strengthens idea of staying alone
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
Irony: speaker prefers noise of bees which
survives in a large family group-colony while
the speaker desires to live alone. Speaker could be desiring a life that is selfless, devoted
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
Onomatopoeia
The speaker describes peace as he links
Stanza 2: the speaker reveals peace to morning dew which will drop from
the benefits of staying in the leaves on the trees to the grass on the "Dropping” → peace
Innesfree — peace ground
Repetition of ‘peace’ → emphasises theme of poem comes freely and
"Some" → abundantly from above.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Allusion to heaven
suggests more
‘And’: it follows smoothly after ‘glade’ "Slow" → it comes gently,
peace than he is
experiencing now Metaphor: mist of the morning compared to veils, gradually, steadily
covering the sun just as veils also covers objects.
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings
Contrast: "linnet's wings" and "cricket
sings". The strong, piercing sound of the
‘There’: accentuates the setting crickets in the early evening are
"Gl" in glow and contrasted to the soft rustling sound of
glimmer links the There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, the block of linnets, settling down in the
steady light of the trees for the night.
stars which
"Purple glow of noon" → brightly
illuminate the island coloured light created by the sun at noon
at night
And evening full of the linnet's wings.
The speaker further describes the different times of day and the
extraordinary qualities they posses at the lake isle of innerfree
Imagery: the imagery calls up sequences that further
emphasise the importance of the daydream to the speaker
