NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English: The Lake Isle of Innisfree (Nisha)

Class 9 is the first stepping stone for a student in the competitive world. With the introduction of the CBSE Board Exam for class 10 a few years back, this has become an important gateway for a student. Based on the results of class 9th a student selects his future stream of Science, Commerce or Arts suiting his interest.

Takshila Learning is providing NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English as per the latest syllabus by CBSE. Class 9 is the building block for the CBSE Class 10 Board Exams, not only for your exams but also for your higher studies and career. English is the most essential subject and the knowledge in this field opens up wider career opportunities for the students.

Below you can find the NCERT solution for Class 9th English. You can get a Solution for the all-important question of ” The Fun they Had”

Questions Covered : 

Question 1 : What kind of place is Innisfree? Think about:
1. the three things the poet wants to do when he goes back there (stanza I);
2. what he hears and sees there and its effect on him (stanza II);
3. what he hears in his “heart’s core” even when he is far away from Innisfree (stanza III).

Question 2 : By now you may have concluded that Innisfree is a simple, natural place, full of beauty and peace. How does the poet contrast it with where he now stands? (Read stanza III.)

Question 3 : Do you think Innisfree is only a place or a state of mind? Does the poet actually miss the place of his boyhood days?

Question 4 : Look at the words the poet uses to describe what he sees and hears at Innisfree
1. bee-loud glade
2. evenings full of the linnet’s wings
3. lake water lapping with low sounds What pictures do these words create in your mind?

Question 5 : Look at these words;
… peace comes dropping slow Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings
What do these words mean to you? What do you think “comes dropping slow … from the veils of the morning?” What does “to where the cricket sings” mean?

Question 6 : When and where will the poet experience ‘peace’?

Question 7 : How does the poet describe the lake’s waves?

Question 8 : Why does the poet want to go to Innisfree?

Question 9 : Where is the poet standing? How is it different from Innisfree?

Question 10 : What does the isle of Innisfree stand for the poet?

Question 11 : Is the poet’s going to Innisfree merely an attempt to escape from the harsh realities of city life?

Question 12 : Why is the poet deeply attached to the Lake Isle of Innisfree? Explain.

Question 13 : What does the lake isle of Innisfree stand for the poet? Is it merely escapism or a revolt against the superficiality of urban life?

Question 14 : What does nature do for mankind?

Question 15 : What moral lesson does this poem teach us?