I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey, I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
EXPLORE
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The poet clearly wants to go back to Innisfree. From your reading of the poem, why does he want to go and what does he intend to do when he gets there?
Write a paragraph describing Innisfree using at least three adjectives. Support your answer with quotes from the poem.
How would you describe the tone of the poem?
A poem often contains more than one key message. Explain one key message from this poem.
Do you think that the poet will go to Innisfree?
REASON IN RHYME: POETRY
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Remember
The tone is the general attitude of the writer or speaker toward the subject, characters or audience. The tone could be formal, intimate, playful, angry, serious, ironic, etc. The mood is how the poem makes you, the reader/audience, feel.
