🌿 Innisfree (Yeats Focus)
Which poet wrote about Innisfree? (FULL NAME)
William Butler Yeats
What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as
Name something you might find in a nature poem
Trees / rivers / animals / flowers (accept any natural element)
Name a type of tree
Oak / pine / birch
“What is a metaphor?”
A comparison that says something is something else
What device repeats sounds?
Alliteration (accept sibilance/assonance)
Why do poets write about nature?
To express feelings / describe nature / create mood
What season comes after summer?
Autumn
What is structure in a poem?
How the poem is organised (stanzas, lines, order)
What does Yeats want to build at Innisfree?
A small cabin
What is personification?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What mood can nature create?
Calm / peaceful / scary / tense
Name a habitat
Forest / ocean / desert / jungle
What is a connotation?
The implied meaning or associations of a word
Why is repetition used in “I will arise and go now”?
Emphasises desire to escape
“Which technique involves using weather to represent mood or atmosphere?”
pathetic fallacy.
“How can the same natural setting be presented in different ways by different poets?”
Through tone, language choices, and imagery—e.g. nature can be shown as peaceful or dangerous depending on the poet’s perspective
“Why are bees essential to the natural environment?”
Because they pollinate plants, helping them grow and reproduce
What is juxtaposition?
Placing contrasting ideas close together for effect
“What is the rhyme scheme of The Lake Isle of Innisfree?”
ABAB
“What technique is used when a line runs on to the next without punctuation?”
Enjambment
Why might a poet present nature as both beautiful and dangerous within the same poem?
To show the complexity of nature / that nature has both positive and negative sides / to reflect changing emotions or perspectives
What could happen to an ecosystem if one species disappears?
It can disrupt the food chain, causing imbalance and affecting other species
“What is the difference between tone and mood in a text?”