Which Irish poet famously penned the lines: "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, / And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made..."?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. William Butler Yeats
- Step 1: Identify the opening lines quoted in the question: they are the celebrated opening verses of the lyric poem 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' (published in 1890).
- Step 2: Attribute the poem to the correct literary figure: the poem was written by the Nobel laureate Irish poet William Butler Yeats, expressing yearning for peace and simple rural solitude in County Sligo away from the bustling city of London.
Answer
William Butler Yeats.
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