Ihab Gomaa Week 13 Discussion

This week, as I was reading “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by W. B. Yeats, I made the mistake of assuming that the poem could mean anything readers wanted it to mean. I felt a connection to my own experience and thought that the poem might refer to isolation and escape from the surrounding world. As an example, when reading the lines:

“Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee;

and live alone in the bee-loud glade.”
This occurs, in my opinion, when you read a poem and interpret it as being about your own desires and centered on your own perspective.
However, as I was reading this line: “And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings.”
I believe Yeats is expressing his longing for a simpler, more peaceful life in a specific location, which may resonate with different readers in different ways. This made me realize that it can differ in certain ways depending on the mood of each reader, which helped me fully understand the poem’s message and enjoy it.

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