INN-IS-FREE

The Lake of Innisfree is written in a a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d-e-f-e-f rhyming pattern. There are also breaks (comma placement)in the poem so the reader can pick up on the way Yeats intended the poem to be read. The first stanza there are 4 lines and the commas are located on the second and third line. The second stanza has commas on the first and third lines, and the third stanza has it's lines located back in the middle second and third lines. This poem creates a place of tranquility for the narrator of the poem. "Innisfree" is the name but also in the name is a message to the reader "Inn-is-free," to me Yeats makes it seem that no matter where the narrator is if he can bring this memory of this amazing place to his mind he will be free from the negitive or stressfull events that occur in reality. So while the world has its dark points Yeats still can remember a time where he was at peace, and that place creates a sense of calm for him. The Second Coming, this poem seems to say the Yeats has lost his faith in people. "The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity." He sees the world as going down in flames. Their is no rhyming or lyrical type words in this poem because this poem is not meant to give the reader a feeling of light or happiness, therefore, the words he uses to describe are darker. ( darkness drops and stony sleep).