Read this excerpt from “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by W.B. Yeats. From which aspects of modern life does the speaker likely wish to free himself?
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet's wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.
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A. The absence of purpose
B. Materialism
C. The lack of religion
D. Turmoil
(You can pick more than one answer)
