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Where The Mind Is Without Fear

#Rabindra Nath Tagore #poetry

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Where The Mind Is Without Fear

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Where the Mind is... WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT FEAR This poem was written when the British ruled our country. We were slaves toa foreign power. Rabindranath Tagore, the great Indian nationalist and visionary ‘wanted India to awaken toa bright dawn of freedom — freedom from slavery and our own mental chains. Read the poem aloud once. Then read it silently. It would be a good idea to memorize the poem. Where the mind is without fear and the head isheld high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; ‘Where words come out from the depths of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; ‘Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever widening thought and action- into thatheaven of freedom, my father, letmy country awake. = Rabindranath Tagore ENGLISH Where the Mind is... Nua oa eke DISCUSSION Letus now read the following lines of the poem once again and answer the questions that follow. Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic wall ‘Where words come out from the depths of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection; Qh is without fear and head is held high”. Tick the 1. Whatis meant by “min correct answer. @) tobe fearless and self respecting i) tobe proud of one’s high position. Gil to stand straight and be carefree, 2. Whatdoes the poet mean by “where knowledge is free”? The ‘domestic walls’ are usually associated with safety, comfort and love. Are these the feelings evoked by the phrase ‘narrow domestic walls’? If not, choose the correct answer from the ones given below: small houses which make us feel cramped. (i) ideas which are petty and narrow-minded, ii) ahouse divided into rooms by walls. 4. Why has the word ‘tireless’ been used to describe * 5. Whatare we striving for? DISCUSSION Now let us read further, ‘Where the clear stream of reason ‘has not lostits way into the ENGLISH Tuts Where the Mind is... dreary desert sand of dead habit; ‘Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever widening thought and action- {nto that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake. In the first two Tines the poet has identified ‘reason with clear stream’, And “dead habit” with “dreary desert”. ‘Such an identification is called a metaphor. Like the ‘simile’, a metaphor is also a comparison of two or more things. Butin a simile the comparison is made by using link words ‘like’ or ‘as’ whereas in a metaphor, words ~ ‘like’ and ‘as’ are not used. Example Life is nota bed of roses (metaphor). Life is not as comfortable as a bed of roses (simile). Qomumemsm 1. (a) Whyisreason compared with ‘clear stream’? (b) Where has reason lost its way? 2. Look atthe line ‘dreary desert sand of dead habit’ The sound ‘

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