The speaker (Yeats) begins by announcing his intent to rise and leave to go to "Innisfree." Over the course of the poem, it becomes clear that he is, at this point, making the journey in his mind. He notes that he will build a cabin of "clay" and "wattles" (sticks). Although this is not made explicit in the poem, Yeats was inspired by Thoreau's book, Walden, in which he also went to live in...
The speaker (Yeats) begins by announcing his intent to rise and leave to go to "Innisfree." Over the course of the poem, it becomes clear that he is, at this point, making the journey in his mind. He notes that he will build a cabin of "clay" and "wattles" (sticks). Although this is not made explicit in the poem, Yeats was inspired by Thoreau's book, Walden, in which he also went to live in an isolated place in nature. The rudimentary structure of clay and sticks suggests a simple, modest, rural cabin.
The speaker says he will have a "bee-loud glade." A glade is an open space in a forest. So, we get the image of a secluded spot (Innisfree was basically uninhabited during Yeats' time) in the middle of the woods. The space will be full of a natural and maybe even ethereal or hypnotic sound of bees humming.
In the second stanza, the speaker notes that he will have peace there. By this he means peace in his mind. Then he gives a visual manifestation with peace dropping from veils in the morning. And again, he imbues the landscape with a peaceful and natural sound: the crickets singing. The landscape is peaceful at all times. At noon, he is soothed by the purple glow. At midnight, the sky glimmers with stars. And in the evening, he hears the soothing sound of linnets (finches) flying.
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