Read this excerpt from “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by W.B. Yeats. From which aspects of modern life does the speaker likely wis
h 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
The answer is materialism. This is evident as the narrator wishes to go to a remote cabin in the woods and essentially live off the land while depriving himself of human contact and engaging with nature. No mention of religion is made in the passage, nor is there any concepts of turmoil that the narrator makes note of. Instead, he talks of his willingness to move to Innisfree, to live in a cabin simply, as he views it as his purpose.
