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The Lake Isle of Innisfree
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The Lake Isle of Innisfree

William Butler Yeats, 1893
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This week’s Poetry Aloud is the lovely “The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” by the Irish-English poet William Butler Yeats. He’s in the city, and he wishes instead he were in a more human place, which is, ironically, on a small island in the middle of a lake, where he can be alone with himself, and the beans he grows, and the bees he keeps for their honey.…

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Poetry Aloud will help you learn how to read poetry with your ears. Unlike children with bad table manners, poetry is meant to be heard and not just seen. Join Anthony Esolen every other week (or so) as he introduces and discusses a longish poem and then reads it aloud.
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