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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 poem 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?

            4.  What are the roadways and the pavements a symbol of?
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