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Poem and Explanation

Stanza 1
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

arise: stand up
cabin: room
wattles: twisted sticks for making fences, walls
glade: clearing, open space
Bee loud refers to the sound made by the buzzing of the bees.

‘I’ here refer to the poet William Yeats. He says that he wants to go to Innisfree. Over
there, he will build a small room for himself with clay and small sticks which are used
to make the walls or the fences of the cabin. As he will need some food to eat also,
so he will grow nine rows of beans near his room. Also, he will get the honey from
the honey bee hive. He says that the open space, where he will build his room will
be full of the buzzing sound of the bees an over there he will live all alone, in peace
and tranquillity.

Stanza 2
And I shall 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.