his by describing such peasant practices as "Singing of Eire and the ancient ways" and even by using the peasant spelling of the word "rod". This shows that there was a degree of internal conflict within Yeats over his upper-middle class lifestyle; socialising with the likes of Major Robert Gregory; and his evident desire to emulate the poor, yet morally perfect, romantic peasants. He saw the peasants of Ireland as simple, pure and, above all, clear. It could be argued that Yeats' poetry was always searching for simplicity and clarity, not just in respect to Ireland, but also in respect to the role of poetry and the afterlife.
             The desire to affiliate himself with the peasants of Ireland is also apparent in "The Lake Isle Of Innisfree" when he decides he would like to "go now" and build "a small cabin ... of wattles and clay". Th
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