Lake Innisfree

Getting Away William Butler Yeats first studied art and then turned to poetry and playwrighting. Most of all during Yeats life he accomplished being “one of the most influential poets of the twentieth century.” Yeats well-known poem, “Lake Isle of Innisfree,” relates to people, who live in the city, yet long for the country. The theme is even if home is in the city, having roots in the country can make life more meaningful. The …

…the poem only used one word, gray when speaking of the city. No other words were needed the reader realized the boring, repetitive, dull city life from which the narrator was trying to escape. Many may live in the city and long for the country because as an old saying goes, “home is where the heart is.” The narrator resided in the city yet let the reader know where his heart truly was-Innisfree. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**