What kind of life does the poet William Butler Yeats imagine in his poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"?

In his poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree," Yeats imagines a peaceful, removed life on an island. He imagines constructing a simple cabin made of "clay and wattles" and planting beans and having a bee hive. He also imagines a life of solitude, where the only noise will be the buzzing of the bees. His life on Innisfree will be peaceful, and nature will be at its idealistic best, with glimmering midnights and purple skies at noon. He also pictures a lake and the sound of lapping water.

The world Yeats conjures is one of solitude and escape from the noise of civilization. Innisfree is also free of human companionship, and Yeats seems to imagine living in a world in which he can largely be self-sufficient. This poem is an expression of the Romantic instinct to live on one's own with the inspiration of nature in a life of total simplicity.