This document provides biographical information about William Butler Yeats and summarizes his famous poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree". It states that Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright who served as a Senator in Ireland. He co-founded the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. The poem expresses the poet's wish to escape from civilization to the peaceful setting of Innisfree, where he dreams of building a small cabin with a bean garden and beehive to live alone in nature.

1. THE LAKE ISLE OF
INNISFREE
BY
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

2. THE LAKE

3. ABOUT THE POET
• Name : William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
• Profession : Poet, playwright, novelist and senator of the
Irish Free State, 1922-1928
• Place of Birth : Dublin, Ireland
• Founded the Abbey Theatre in Dublin
• Awarded the nobel Prize for Literature in 1923
• Some of his works include, The Countess Cathleen,(1892),
The Land of Heart’s Desire (1894), The Wild Swans At
Cook (1917), and The Winding Stair (1929)

4. SUMMARY OF W B YEATS
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS WAS A FAMOUS IRISH POET, DRAMATIST AND
ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF THE LITERARY WORLD IN 20TH CENTURY.
THE AUTHOR WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE IRISH SENATE AND SERVED
IT FOR TWO TERMS. HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENGLISH LITERATURE
IS AS HIGH AS THAT TO HIS NATIVE THE IRISH LITERATURE, WHERE HE
IS REMEMBERED FOR HIS ROLE IN REVIVING THE LITERATURE.
HE WAS A CO-FOUNDER OF THE FAMOUS ABBEY THEATRE AND STEP-
-PING IN AS ITS CHIEF AMONG HIS MOST FAMOUS WORKS ARE THE
TOWER (1928), THE WINDING STAIR AND OTHER POEMS (1929). IN
1923,
YEATS WAS AWARDED THE HONORARY NOBLE PRIZE IN LITERATURE
MAKING HIM THE FIRST IRISHMAN TO BE HONOURED WITH THE
AWARD AWARD. A MASTER OF THE TRADITIONAL VERSES.
THE AUTHOR DIED ON 28TH JANUARY 1939 AT AN AGE OF SEVENTY
THREE.

5. THE POET

7. POEM SUMMARY
THE POEM IS A WONDERFUL CREATION OF THE POET
" WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS". THE POET USED TO LIVE
AT INNISFREE DURING HIS CHILDHOOD. THE LYRIC
EXPLORES THE POET' S WISH FOR THE PEACE AND
TRANQUALITY OF INNISFREE.
"THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE" EXPRESSES THE IDEA
THAT NATURE PROVIDES AN INHERENTLY RESTORA-
-TIVE PLACE TO WHICH HUMAN BEINGS CAN GO TO
ESCAPE THE CHAOS AND CORRUPTING INFLUENCES
OF CIVILIZATION.

8. IN THE POEM, THE SPEAKER SAYS HE'S GOING TO GO TO
INNISFREE TO BUILD A SMALL, SIMPLE CABIN WHERE
HE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BEAN GARGEN AND A HONEY
BEE HIVE. HE WANTS TO LIVE ALONE IN PEACE WITH
NATURE AND THE SLOW PACE OF COUNTRY LIVING.
IN THE LAST STANZA, THE SPEAKER RESTATES THAT
HE' S LEAVING AND EXPLAINS IT' S BECAUSE EVERY
NIGHT HE HEARS THE WATER LAPPING AGAINST THE
SHORE. EVEN THOUGH HE LIVES IN A MORE URBAN
PLACE WITH PAVED ROADS, DEEP DOWN INSIDE HE' S
DRAWN TO THE RURAL SOUNDS OF INNISFREE. IT'S ALL
ABOUT RUSTLING TREES, NOT BUSTLING BUSES FOR
THE SPEAKER....