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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

CLASS IX ENGLISH

CHAPTER-13 LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE

HOME ASSIGNMENT

I. Read the given extracts and answer the following questions

A. I will rise and go now

And go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there,

Of hay and wattled made

Questions

1. Name the poet and the poet?
2. Where does the poet wish to go?
3. What sort of house will the poet build?

B. And I will have some peace there,

For peace comes dropping slow

Dropping from the veils of the morning

To where the cricket sings;

There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,

And evenings full of the linnet’s wings

Questions

1. Who does ‘I’ refer to in the poem?
2. What will the speaker have there?
3. What is the special feature of that land at midnight?

4. What land is the speaker talking about?

II. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words

1. What kind of life does the poet want to lead on the Lake Isle?
2. How does the poet describe the mornings on the lonely island?

3. How does the poet describe the midnight and noon on the island?