The Lake Isle of Innisfree Class 9 Questions and Answers
Textbook Questions
Thinking about the Poem
I. 1. What kind of place is Innisfree? Think about :
इनिस्फ्री कैसा स्थान है, सोचिए :
(i) the three things the poet wants to do when he goes back there (stanza I);
वे तीन चीजें क्या हैं जो कवि वहाँ जाकर करना चाहता है?
Answer:
(a) The poet wants to build a small cabin of clay and wattles there.
(b) He wants to plant nine rows of beans there.
(c) He wants to keep honeybees in a hive there.
(ii) what he hears and sees there and its effect on him (stanza II);
वह वहाँ क्या सुनता है और देखता है और उनका उस पर क्या प्रभाव पड़ता है?
Answer:
(a) He hears the cricket’s song.
(b) He sees linnets flying in the evening.
(c) He sees glimmering midnight and glowing noons there. Gradually he will be at peace there. He will forget the worries of his life there.
(iii) what he hears in his “heart’s core” even when he is far away from Innisfree (stanza III).
जब वह इनिस्फ्री से दूर भी होता है तो उसे अपने मन की गहराई में क्या सुनाई देता है।
Answer:
Even when he is far away from Innisfree, the poet hears the rippling of the waves of the lake in the depth of his heart.
Question 2.
By now you may have concluded that Innisfree is a simple, natural place, full of beauty and peace. How does the poet contrast it with where he now stands? (Read stanza III)
अब तक आप समझ गए होंगे कि इनिस्क्री साधारण, प्राकृतिक स्थान है जहाँ शान्ति व सौन्दर्य है। कवि उसकी तुलना उस स्थान से कैसे करता है जहाँ वह अब खड़ा है?
Answer:
I think Innisfree is no actual place. It is poet’s mere imagination. It is his ideal place where there is peace and joy. Of course the poet misses the place of his boyhood. But if he goes there he will not find it as he imagines it to be. He has created a romantic picture of the place in his mind.
II.
Question 1.
Look at the words the poet uses to describe what he sees and hears at Innisfree :
इन शब्दों को देखो। कवि जो देखता है और सुनता है, वह इन शब्दों में वर्णन करता है।
(i) bee-loud glade
(ii) evenings full of the linnet’s wings
(iii) lake water lapping with low sounds
What pictures do these words create in your mind?
इन शब्दों से आपके मन में क्या चित्र बनता है ?
Answer:
(i) bee-loud glade : An open place in the forest full of buzzing bees.
(ii) evenings full of the linnet’s wings : Flocks of linnet flying back to their nests in the evening. The sky is covered by them.
(iii) lake water lapping with low sounds: There is a lake. Its waves are rippling and gently breaking on the bank.
(b) Look at these words :
…… peace comes dropping slow Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings
What do these words mean to you? What do you think of “comes dropping slow ….. from the veils of the morning” ? What does “to where the cricket ‘sing” mean ?
इन शब्दों का आप क्या अर्थ समझते हैं ? आपके विचार में धीरे-धीरे प्रभात के पर्दों के पीछे से क्या आता है ? “झींगुर क्या गाता है” का अर्थ बताओ ?
Answer:
The poet is speaking of the glorious sunrise that he can witness on the Lake Isle of Innisfree. There the sun appears slowly from behind the veils of mists. It is a spiritual experience for the poet. In the city he cannot witness this scene because of the smoky skies and tall buildings. He cannot hear the song of the cricket.
IV. Very Important Examination Questions
Short Answer Type Questions:
Question 1.
What is the poet of ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ longing for ?
‘दी लेक आईल ऑफ इनिसफ्री’ कविता का कवि किस चीज की इच्छा कर रहा है?
Or
What things does the poet wish to have in Innisfree ?
इनिसफ्री में कवि कौन-कौन सी चीजों को चाहता है कि उसके पास हो?
Answer:
The poet is longing for peace, tranquility, beauty and calmness. He wants to build a small cottage of clay and fences, to grow beans and have a hive for honeybees. He wishes to be away from the noise and busy life of the city and enjoy rural life. He wants to hear the cricket singings and the linnets flying.
Question 2.
Why did the poet like Innisfree ?
कवि को इनिसफ्री क्यों पसंद था?
Or
How does Innisfree provide a lively atmosphere ?
किस प्रकार इनसिफ्री एक जीवंत वातावरण उपस्थित करता है?
Answer:
Innisfree is a beautifuln rural place. This is a simple, natural place, full of beauty and peace. The poet wants to build a small cottage of clay and wattles there. There one can hear the loud louzzing of bees and the song of the cricket. One can see flocks of thet linnet. The lake glimmers at night and glows brightly at noon.
Question 3.
What kind of a life does the poet wish to lead ?
कवि किस प्रकार का जीवन व्यतीत करना चाहता है?
Answer:
The poet wants to lead a simple and peaceful life. He wants to live in a small cottage of clay and wattles. He just wants to sow nine rows of beans. He wants to keep bees there and hear the cricket’s song.
Question 4.
Write the central idea or theme of the poem — The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ ?
‘द लेक आईल ऑफ इनिसफ्री’ कविता का केंद्रीय भाव अथवा सार लिखें।
Answer:
The poet has been fed up with the mad , rush and noise of the city. So, he wants to live a simple and peaceful place life in the lap of noise.
Long Answer Type Questions
II. Answer the following questions in about 100-150 words:
Question 1.
Nature is a source of joy. What message does the poem, “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” convey ?
प्रकृति आनंद का एक स्रोत है। ‘द लेक आईल ऑफ इनिसफ्री’ कविता हमें कौन-सी शिक्षा देती है?
Answer:
It is rightly said that nature is a source of joy. The poet wants to convey that we should not involve in horse-racing that is part and parcel of city life. Here, we are confronted with expectations, pressures, commitments, etc. So, we should have a break in this life. We need peace, calm, serenity and tranquility. And, the nature may be the best place where we can have the needed rest. One can feel peace and comfort in the lap of nature.
Question 2.
Life in cities is so busy and mechanical that people desire to go to the places which are peaceful and close to nature. Elaborate in context of the poem ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’.
शहरों में जीवन इतना व्यस्त और मशीनी है कि लोग ऐसी जगह जाना चाहते हैं जो शांतिपूर्ण एवं प्रकृति के करीब हो। ‘द लेक आईल ऑफ इनिसफ्री’ कविता के आधार पर इसकी विवेचना करें।
Answer:
In the competitive world of today’s, life in cities is certainly not “a bed of roses”. It is filled with constant worries and burden accompanying the everyday tasks. Life of people has become very busy and tiring. The hunger to grow and prosper among people and get ahead of others in life is so rampant. They are relentlessly engaging themselves in hard labour, mental as well as physical to clinch the heights of success. It is increasingly resulting into their spending most part of their lives working indoors. They are so engrossed in their career advancement that they are ignoring the mental, physical, emotional as well as the psychological needs of the body. In such a world, more and more cases of depression and other psychotic illness are reported.
Nature is a source of joy but the city dwellers are completely deprived of all such joys due to their separation from nature. In the poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” the poet too desires for the peace and tranquility of Innisfree, a place where he spent a lot of time as a boy. He wants to go there, get close to the nature in a hope to breakfree from the moribund, dull and boring city life. He wants to stay there in a small cabin made of clay and wattles, plant rows of beans and have a hive for the honeybee. All such beautiful things of nature confer on him peace.
I. Summary In English
The poet has decided to go to Innisfree. He will build a small hut of clay and wattles. He does not want to raise a kitchen garden. He just want to sow nine rows of beans. He wants to keep bees there. In an open space among trees. The poet hopes to have peace there. He will watch the sun rising from behind the veils of mists and hear the cricket sing.
He will hear the loud buzzing of honeybees, and see flocks of linnet returning home in the evening. At midnight the lake glimmers and at noon it shines bright and purple. Though he is away in the city, he hears the waves of the lake ripple in the depth of his heart.
II. Complete Text With Hindi Translation And Extract Based Objective Type Questions
STANZA I
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.
Vocabulary : arise (अराइज) stand up खड़ा होना; cabin (केबिन) small hut झोंपड़ी; clay (क्ले) plastic earth, soil चिकनी मिट्टी; wattles ( वेटल्ज) twisted sticks टहनियाँ जिनसे छप्पर, झोंपड़ी आदि बनाते हैं; bean-rows (बीन-रोज़) lines of bean plants सेम की फलियों के पौधों की कतारें; hive (हाइव) box in which honeybees are kept मधुमक्खियों का घर; bee-loud (बी-लाउड) full of buzzing bees मधुमक्खियों की भिनभिनाहट से गूँजता हुआ; glade (ग्लेड) clearing, open space जंगल में खुला स्थान।
अनुवाद : अब मैं उठ कर चलता हूँ, और चलता हूँ इनिस्फ्री की ओर, और बनाऊँगा एक छोटी-सी झोपड़ी वहाँ, मिट्टी (गारे) और टहनियों से; वहाँ सेम की फलियों की नौ कतारें लगाऊँगा और रखूँगा मधुमक्खियों का एक छत्ता, और रहूँगा मैं अकेला उस मधुमक्खियों से गूँजते खुले स्थान में।
(i) Innisfree is the place where :
(a) the poet spent a lot of time as a boy.
(b) the poet enjoyed his youth.
(c) the poet never wished to go again.
(d) the poet lived his bitter life.
Answer:
(a) the poet spent a lot of time as a boy.
(ii) ‘I will arise and go now’ means :
(а) the poet wants to go to London at once
(b) the poet wants to go to Innisfree at once
(c) the poet does not want to go to Innisfree as it was a noisy place
(d) the poet loved nature
Answer:
(b) the poet wants to go to Innisfree at once
(iii) He wished to live alone there in Innisfree and :
(a) wanted to have some money.
(b) wanted to make a small cabin, grow beans and have a hive for the honey bees.
(c) wanted to set up the business of his own.
(d) wanted to run away from the lap of nature.
Answer:
(b) wanted to make a small cabin, grow beans and have a hive for the honey bees.
(iv) The place where the poet wants to go to is on the bank of a _______.
(a) river
(b) lake
(c) sea
(d) pond
Answer:
(b) lake
(v) The poet wants to live in a _______ environment.
(a) rural
(b) urban
(c) underdeveloped
(d) developed
Answer:
(a) rural
(vi) The place where he wants to live will echo with the sound of _______
(a) lions
(b) water
(c) bees
(d) butterflies
Answer:
(c) bees
(vii) The poet wishes to build with clay and wattles:
(a) a small house
(b) a small cottage
(c) a big home
(d) a big cottage
Answer:
(b) a small cottage
(viii) The poet wishes to grow at Innisfree :
(a) beautiful flower plants
(b) beautiful plants
(c) nine rows of beans
(d) beautiful vegetables
Answer:
(c) nine rows of beans
(ix) The bee loud glade means :
(a) sound of domestic fly
(b) sound of butteT fly
(c) sound of mosquito
(d) loud humming sound of bees
Answer:
(d) loud humming sound of bees
(x) The poet wants to go to :
(a) his garden in the house.
(b) a park.
(c) the Isle of Innisfree.
(d) a lake.
Answer:
(c) the Isle of Innisfree.
(xi) There he wants to live in a :
(a) glade
(b) cabin
(c) cottage near the lake
(d) forest
Answer:
(b) cabin
(xii) He will grow there :
(a) flowers
(b) beans
(c) different vegetables
(d) fruit trees
Answer:
(b) beans
(viii) He will hear there :
(a) birds singing
(b) lapping sound of lake water
(c) buzzing of bees
(d) music of nature
Answer:
(c) buzzing of bees
(xiv) Where does the poet wish to go?
Answer:
The poet wishes to go to Innisfree to lead a life full of peace and solitude away from the fast paced life surrounded by lights and noises.
(xv) What does he want to do there?
Answer:
The poet wishes to build a small cabin, grow beans and have a beehive for honeybees in Innisfree. He wants to live there in peace and solitude.
(xvi) What does the poet wish to build the cabin with?
Answer:
The poet wishes to build a small cabin with clay and wattles.
(xvii) What and where is Innisfree?
Answer:
Innisfree is an imaginary place which is quiet, natural and full of beauty.
(xviii) Name the poem.
Answer:
The poem is ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’
(xix) What does the poet wish to build?
Answer:
The poet wishes to build a small cabin of clay and wattles.
(xx) What does the poet wish to grow?
Answer:
The poet wishes to grow nine rows of beans.
STANZA II
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.
Vocabulary : dropping (ड्रापिंग) falling नीचे उतरना, टपकना; veils (वेल्ज) curtains पर्दे; cricket ( क्रिकेट) small chirping insect झींगुर; glimmer ( ग्लिमर) faint light मन्द प्रकाश; glow (ग्लो) shine with heat तपना; purple (पर्पल) colour between crimson and violet लाल-जामुनी रंग; linnet (लिनट) a small brown and grey bird with a short beak एक छोटा गाने वाला पक्षी।
अनुवाद : और मुझे वहाँ कुछ शान्ति मिल जाएगी, क्योंकि शान्ति धीरे-धीरे टपकती है, टपकती है प्रभात के पर्दों से, वहाँ तक जहाँ झींगुर गाता है; वहाँ आधी रात को मध्धम-सा प्रकाश होता है और दोपहर लाल-जामुनी सी तपती है, और सायं के समय पक्षियों के पंखों से (आकाश) भर जाता है।
(i) The poet wants to have some _________ at Innisfree.
(a) rest
(b) enjoyment
(c) peace
(d) quietness
Answer:
(c) peace
(ii) The midnight shines because of _______.
(a) neon lights
(b) night bulbs
(c) candles
(d) glow worms
Answer:
(d) glow worms
(iii) The rhyming scheme of the poem is :
(a) aabb
(b) abeb
(c) abcabc
(d) abab
Answer:
(d) abab
(iv) According to the poet the peace comes :
(a) very fast like the wind
(b) slowly like small drops
(c) very rapidly
(d) usually fast
Answer:
(b) slowly like small drops
(v) The morning is _______.
(a) welcomed by the song of the cricket
(b) with greetings of the people
(c) with the droppings from the veils
(d) none of these
Answer:
(a) welcomed by the song of the cricket
(vi) The poet wants to live (there) alone because :
(a) he does not want/like any kind of disturbance but peace only.
(b) he wants to be far away from the common people.
(c) he loves the Innisfree very much.
(d) none of these.
Answer:
(a) he does not want/like any kind of disturbance but peace only.
(vii) What does the poet experience in the morning?
(a) A spiritual peace.
(b) The beauty of nature.
(c) Chirping of birds.
(d) The scene of sunrise.
Answer:
(a) A spiritual peace.
(viii) What makes midnight a glimmer?
(a) Electric light coming through mist.
(b) Moonlight falling on the Isle.
(c) Moonlight reflected by lake water surrounding the Isle.
(d) Candle light coming through mist.
Answer:
(c) Moonlight reflected by lake water surrounding the Isle.
(ix) How is the water of the lake at noon?
(a) It is warm.
(b) It looks golden in bright sun.
(c) Its purple water shines in sunlight.
(d) Its grey water shines in sunlight
Answer:
(c) Its purple water shines in sunlight.
(x) How are evenings full of linnet’ wings?
(a) Linnet spread their wings to cover the sky.
(b) Linnets fly in larger number to their resting places hiding the sky behind their wings.
(c) People fly the birds Linnets in the evening.
(d) Children fly kites resembling Linnet’s wings in the evening.
Answer:
(b) Linnets fly in larger number to their resting places hiding the sky behind their wings.
(xi) What will T get there?
Answer:
The poet wishes to get some peace and solitude in Innisfree.
(xii) What will the evening give to the poet?
Answer:
The evenings in Innisfree would be filled by the flock of many small birds or linnets. He wishes to enjoy the nature in its purest form.
(xiii) Why does the poet want to live there alone?
Answer:
The poet prefers solitude and peace. He wants to be away from noisy disturbance and so he desires to live there alone.
(xiv) What does the morning give?
Answer:
The morning brings sunshine and with it all the beautiful things in nature become alive and active which accords inner peace to the poet.
(xv) Name the poem and the poet.
Answer:
The poem is ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ by William Butler Yeats.’
(xvi) Where will the poet have some peace?
Answer:
The poet will have some peace in the Lake Isle of Innisfree.
(xvii) According to the poet, how is the noon?
Answer:
The noon in the Lake Isle of Innisfree has a purple glow.
(xviii) What do you understand by ‘linnet’?
Answer:
‘Linnet’ is a small brown and grey bird with a short beak.
STANZA III
I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear the lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
Vocabulary : lapping (लैपिंग) flow with rippling sound कल-कल की ध्वनि करते हुए; shore (शोर) bank, edge किनारा, तट; core (कोर) innermost part अंतरमन भाग।
अनुवाद : मैं अब खड़ा होकर चलता हूँ, क्योंकि मुझे सदा दिन-रात तट पर झील के पानी की हल्की-हल्की कल-कल की ध्वनि सुनाई पड़ती रहती है; जब मैं सड़क पर, या सुरमई पक्के पैदल पथ पर खड़ा होता हूँ, तो भी यह मुझे अपने दिल की गहराई में सुनाई देती रहती है।
(i) The poet decides to arise and go to :
(a) Innisfree as soon as possible
(b) London at once
(c) the valley of Spain
(d) the hills
Answer:
(a) Innisfree as soon as possible
(ii) He hears :
(a) the patter of rain
(b) the lapping sound of the lake water
(c) humming of bee
(d) noise of vehicles
Answer:
(b) the lapping sound of the lake water
(iii) Opposite of ‘never’ is :
(a) hear
(b) always
(c) rise
(d) night
Answer:
(b) always
(iv) The poet wants to go to Innisfree :
(a) to spend his holidays
(b) to do a lot of work there
(c) to enjoy the peace and beauty of the place
(d) to look after his crops
Answer:
(c) to enjoy the peace and beauty of the place
(v) In the ‘deep heart’s core’ means :
(a) the poet believes that his heart is deep
(b) the poet has a strong heart
(c) the poet feels deeply about going to Innisfree.
(d) the poet is very upset
Answer:
(c) the poet feels deeply about going to Innisfree.
(vi) The poet standing on ‘pavements grey’ means that he is :
(a) standing on a city road
(b) in a boat
(c) visiting a temple
(d) standing near a harbour
Answer:
(a) standing on a city road
(vii) Where do you think the poet is at this time?
(a) In his cabin in Innisfree.
(b) Near the lake in Innisfree.
(c) Near a lake in the city.
(d) Standing at roadside in a city.
Answer:
(d) Standing at roadside in a city.
(viii) What does he hear?
(a) The lapping of lake water by the shore.
(b) The noise of traffic.
(c) The buzzing of bees.
(d) The twitter of birds.
Answer:
(a) The lapping of lake water by the shore.
(ix) Where is the lake?
(a) In the forest.
(b) Outside the city.
(c) Far away in the Isle of Innisfree.
(d) In poet’s heart.
Answer:
(c) Far away in the Isle of Innisfree.
(x) How does the lapping of the lake affect the poet?
(a) It makes him feel happy.
(b) He feels sad to be away from Innisfree.
(c) He imagines to have reached Innisfree.
(d) He does not want to go to his city home
Answer:
(c) He imagines to have reached Innisfree.
(xi) Name the poem and the poet.
Answer:
The Lake Isle of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats.
(xii) What does ‘It’ in the fifth line stand for?
Answer:
‘It’ stands for the sound of the lake’s water tapping on the shore.
(xiii) What does the poet hear?
Answer:
The poet hears the lapping sound of the lake water.
(xiv) Where is the poet standing?
Answer:
He is standing on the roadway or on the pavement in Innisfree.