Chapter 4

NCERT
Class 9
English
Solutions
1. What kind of place is Innisfree? Think about :
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Question:

What kind of place is Innisfree? Think about :

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

(ii) What he hears and sees there and its effect on him (stanza II);

(iii) What he hears in his “heart’s core” even when he is far away from Innisfree (stanza III).

Answer:

(i) (a)The poet wants to build a small cabin with clay and wattles. (b) He wants to plant nine rows of beans. (c) He wants to keep honey bee hives.

(ii) (a) He hears the cricket’s song. (b) He beholds linnets flying in the sky. (c) He sees glimmering midnight and glowing rooms.

(iii) When the poet is far away from Innisfree he hears the sound of the lake water washing the shore in his “heart’s core”.

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