THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE - W. B. YEATS. CLASS: IX

PERIODS: 2

EXPECTED BEHAVIORAL OUTCOME a. b. c. d.

The students understand and interpret, appreciate and enjoy poetry. The students learn the different words and phrases and their usage. The students appreciate the poetic descriptions. The students trace out the rhyming words.

LEARNING EXPERIENCES PROVIDED a. b. c. d.

The teacher introduces the poem by asking introduction questions. The teacher raises points for interpretations to enable the students to enjoy poetry. The teacher brings out the references and examples. The teacher interprets, comprehends, appreciates and enjoys poetry.

CONTENT A. Meanings of the following words and phrases are given: Well known Isle Cabin Hive Cricket Lapping

longing lyric wattles glade glimmer pavements

tranquility arise bean rows veils glow linnet

B. The poem is rhythmically read out stressing upon the rhyming words. C. Following rhyming words are traced. Innisfree-honeybee Slow-glow Day-gray

made-glade sings-wings shore-core

D. The following comprehension questions are asked. “I will arise and go now ………………… ………………………..and live alone in the bee-loud glade.” a. b. c. d.

Name the poem and the poet. Where does the poet want to go and why? Write two things that poet wants to do there? The poet speaks that he will live there alone. What does this signify? “And I shall have some peace there ………………… ………………………. And noon a purple glow.”

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In what way does peace come, according to the poet? How is the morning scene presented above? What does the poet say about noon? Identify four atmospheric conditions in the stanza. “I will arise and go now, ………………………. ……………………………I hear it in the deep heart‟s core.”

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Specify the mood of the poet in the first line. What effect does the lake water produce on the poet? Name the place where the poet listens to the water. How does the nature work in the second line?

EVALUATION A. Introduction questions/Recapitulation questions. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i.

Where do you get peace of mind? If tired with the life, where does one find peace and tranquility? Where does the poet want to go and why? Write two things that poet wants to do there? The poet speaks that he will live there alone. What does this signify? In what way does peace come, according to the poet? How is the morning scene presented above? What does the poet say about noon? What effect does the lake water produce on the poet?

j. Name the place where the poet listens to the water. k. How does the nature work in the second line? B. Evaluation questions a. What kind of place is Innisfree? b. Do you think Innisfree is only a place of a state of mind? Does the poet actually miss the place of his boyhood days? c. Mention the activities that the poet would like to do at Innisfree. d. What is the central theme of the poem? e. What is the poet‟s idea about peace? f. Why does the poet desire to spend his time alone in his cabin? g. The nature is at her work throughout the poem. How? h. Explain „for peace comes dropping slow.‟

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