How does "the lake isle of innisfree" imagine independence and self-reliance for both individuals and the irish nation? in what way does the spelling of "innisfree" comment on the latter?

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Stella Bradley

23 February, 09:08

How does "the lake isle of innisfree" imagine independence and self-reliance for both individuals and the irish nation? in what way does the spelling of "innisfree" comment on the latter?

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Stacy Hammond · Answer 1

Answer: "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" is a poem written by William Butler Yeats.

"The Lake Isle of Innisfree" suggests that a life of simplicity in nature will bring peace to the troubled speaker.

"the lake isle of innisfree" imagined independence and self-reliance for both individuals and the irish nation as a restorative place to which human beings can go to escape the chaos and corrupting influences of civilization.

The poem imagined independence and self-reliance for Individuals as an escape from urban desolation.

It imagined independence and self-reliance for The Irish nation as an independent non-British Ireland.

Innisfree literally means "free island". Therefore, it comments on the latter as a free country.