CHAPTER-4 THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
Thinking about the Poem
II.
QUESTION-2
. Look at these words;
… peace comes dropping slow
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket singsWhat 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?
ANSWER:
These words mean that one can attain peace slowly and
gradually.
Peace is what comes dropping slow from the veils of the morning.
The poet says that peace and serenity spread gradually from the rising
morning sky to the ground where the cricket sings.