The Lake Isle of Innisfree - Reading Comprehension

AP/ NCERT Board-Based Reading Comprehension Passages Grade 9 Beehive 
Poem - The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Reading Comprehension 1

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 honeybee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

1. What does the speaker plan to do in the first line of the stanza?

   A) Visit a friend's house

   B) Travel to Innisfree and build a cabin

   C) Go shopping for honey

   D) Stay in the city

2. How is the cabin in Innisfree described in the stanza?

   A) Made of bricks and concrete

   B) Built with clay and wattles

   C) A modern, high-tech structure

   D) Not described in the stanza

3. How many bean-rows does the speaker intend to have at Innisfree?

   A) One

   B) Three

   C) Six

   D) Nine

4. What does the speaker plan to do in the "bee-loud glade"?

   A) Host a party

   B) Live alone

   C) Start a farm

   D) Write a poem

5. What figure of speech is used in the line "And live alone in the bee-loud glade"?

   A) Simile

   B) Metaphor

   C) Personification

   D) Hyperbole

Reading Comprehension 2

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 evenings full of the linnet’s wings.

1. What does the speaker expect to find in Innisfree?

   A) Excitement and adventure

   B) Peace

   C) A bustling city

   D) A busy marketplace

2. According to the stanza, where does peace come from?

   A) The moon

   B) The cricket

   C) The marketplace

   D) The city lights

3. How is midnight described in the stanza?

   A) Dark and frightening

   B) All a glimmer

   C) Peaceful and serene

   D) No description is given

4. What is the color associated with noon in the stanza?

   A) Blue

   B) Purple

   C) Red

   D) Green

5. What figure of speech is used in the line "peace comes dropping slow"?

   A) Metaphor

   B) Simile

   C) Personification

   D) Hyperbole

Reading Comprehension 3

I will arise and go now, for always night and day

I hear the 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.

1. Where does the speaker intend to go in the stanza?

   A) To the marketplace

   B) To a busy city

   C) To Innisfree

   D) To the mountains

2. What does the speaker hear when standing on the roadway or pavements?

   A) Birds chirping

   B) Lake water lapping with low sounds

   C) Music playing in the distance

   D) People talking loudly

3. What is the sound of the lake water by the shore compared to in the stanza?

   A) A roaring river

   B) A gentle lullaby

   C) Thunder and lightning

   D) The wind blowing through the trees

4. Where does the speaker hear the sound of the lake water most deeply?

   A) On the roadway

   B) On the pavements

   C) In the mountains

   D) In the deep heart's core

5. What figure of speech is used in the line "I hear the lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore"?

   A) Simile

   B) Metaphor

   C) Personification

   D) Alliteration