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The Lake Isle of Innisfree

  The Lake Isle of Innisfree Introduction to the Poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree is a  three stanza poem , each quatrain made up of three long lines and one short. The rhyme scheme is abab and all end rhymes are full. It is a lyrical and poem of nature written by William Butler Yeats. The poem paints his thought of retiring to the solitude of nature where he can have peace of mind. Summary Through this poem, the poet expresses his deep desire and longing to spend his time in Innisfree where he had already lived when he was a boy. This Place, as he claims is full of peace and tranquility.   This poem shows that the poet is a biophilic (one who loves nature) and wants to shun living in cities and be close to the wilderness and enjoy its beauty and peace there. In the first stanza, the poet explains that how he will spend his life in Innisfree. There he will make a small hut of clay and wattles sticks. He will also grow vegetables and will tame honeybee In the se...

Articles

      Articles   Articles are words that identify a noun as being specific or unspecific. Articles are basically an adjective. Like adjectives, articles modify nouns.   An article is a word that is used to define if the noun is specific or not. Articles are normally used before nouns and since they are used to speak about the noun, they can be considered as adjectives.   An article is used to modify a noun. Articles a and an are used when we refer to something which is not specific. Both of them are called indefinite articles. Article the is used when we refer to a specific noun; therefore, it is called a definite article.   Examples: 1. She is an honest woman. 2. The sun rises in the east. 3. I have a laptop.   Types of Articles There are two types of articles: ·          Indefinite Article – a and an ·          Definite Article: ...