The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats

Summary: The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats is a poem about a speaker's want to live in Innisfree, an island in Lough Gill

Characters:

Speaker

Verse 1:

• The speaker says that he will now go to Innisfree to make a "small cabin" of wattles and clay
• The speaker says that there will be honey-bees and beans growing in his glade
• The speaker wishes to live alone

Verse 2:

• The speaker expects to find peace there and expects different visions of midnight, noon and evening
• The speaker expects to hear the quiet water as it touches "the shore"
• The speaker then from the "roadway" or "pavement" hears the water

Other Notes:

• Innisfree is located in Ireland
• Wattles are branches that are interwoven and used to build walls and roofing

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