Important Words with Mnemonics: The Lake of Isle of Innisfree | English Class 9 PDF Download

Difficult Words

1. Arise
Meaning: To get up or stand up
Sentence: "I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree"
Mnemonic: A + rise = “A” stands for action, rise means to stand up
→ So, arise means to take action by standing or beginning.

2. Innisfree
Meaning: A peaceful, ideal place symbolizing nature and tranquility
Sentence: "And go to Innisfree"
Mnemonic: “Innisfree means ‘Inn is free’ — a free and peaceful home.”
→ Easy to remember: Innisfree is like a free, calm place to stay.

3. Wattles
Meaning: Twigs or sticks used for building walls
Sentence: "A small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made"
Mnemonic: Wattles sounds like “whittle”
→ Think of whittling small sticks to weave wattles.

4. Hive
Meaning: A structure made for bees to live in
Sentence: "A hive for the honeybee"
Mnemonic: Hive to remember it we can add Prefix Bee , BEEHIVE.

5. Bee-loud
Meaning: Filled with the buzzing sound of bees
Sentence: "And live alone in the bee-loud glade"
Mnemonic: Bee-loud = Bzzz + Loud
Combine the buzzing “bzzz” sound with loudness — that’s bee-loud.

6. Glimmer
Meaning: A faint light or glow
Sentence: "There midnight’s all a glimmer"
Mnemonic: Glimmer = Glim (glimpse) + mer (mirror)
→ Imagine a tiny glimpse of light reflecting like a mirror.

7. Linnet
Meaning: A small songbird
Sentence: "And evenings full of the linnet’s wings"
Mnemonic: “Linnet means little lively bird.”
→ Easy to remember: linnet is a small, lively songbird.

8. Lapping
Meaning: The soft sound made by water hitting the shore
Sentence: "I hear the lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore"
Mnemonic: Lap + ping = Water laps with a soft pinging sound.
→ Imagine gentle water sounds like little pings.

9. Pavements
Meaning: Sidewalks or footpaths
Sentence: "While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey"
Mnemonic: Pave + ments = Areas made by paving stones or concrete.
→ Pavements are paved paths alongside roads.

10. Core
Meaning: The innermost or central part
Sentence: "I hear it in the deep heart’s core"
Mnemonic: Core sounds like “core” of the earth, the central part.
→ Think of the earth’s core at the center.

Poetic Devices Used in the Poem (with examples):

1. Imagery
Meaning: Language that creates vivid pictures in the reader’s mind
Example: “Midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow”
Mnemonic:  “Imagery means images in your mind.”
→ Easy to remember: imagery is about creating pictures in your imagination.

2. Alliteration
Meaning: Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words
Example: “Hive for the honeybee”
Mnemonic:  “Alliteration means ‘All letters alike.’”
→ Easy to remember: the same starting sounds repeat.

3. Repetition
Meaning: Repeating words or phrases for emphasis or rhythm
Example: “I will arise and go now”
Mnemonic: “Repetition means repeating again and again.”
→ Easy to remember: re- means again, repetition is doing something repeatedly.

4. Onomatopoeia
Meaning: A word that imitates a sound
Example: “Bee-loud”, “lapping”
Mnemonic: Onoma (name) + poiein (to make) in Greek
→ Meaning “to make a name (sound)” — words that make sounds.

5. Metaphor
Meaning: A direct comparison between two things without using “like” or “as”
Example: “Peace comes dropping slow”
Mnemonic: “Metaphor means ‘Meta’ (beyond) + ‘Phor’ (to carry).”
→ Easy to remember: it carries meaning beyond the literal.

6. Personification
Meaning: Giving human qualities to animals or inanimate objects
Example: “Peace comes dropping slow / from the veils of the morning”
Mnemonic: Personification = Person + Fiction
Imagine a person in a fiction story, but this time, it’s a tree or the sun acting like a person!

7. Symbolism
Meaning: A word or object used to represent a larger idea or concept
Example: “Innisfree” symbolizes peace
Mnemonic: Symbol + ism = The practice or use of symbols.
→ Symbols carry hidden meanings.