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In your notebook write down a line from the poem as proof for the following. The poet would like everyone to work hard to reach their goal and in the long run to reach perfection.

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In your notebook write down a line from the poem as proof for the following.

The poet would like everyone to work hard to reach their goal and in the long run to reach perfection.

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“Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection.”

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Where the Mind is Without Fear...
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पाठ 1.1: Where the mind is without fear - English workshop [पृष्ठ ४]

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बालभारती English Kumarbharati Standard 10 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 1.1 Where the mind is without fear
English workshop | Q 1. (b) | पृष्ठ ४

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

In your notebook write down a line from the poem as proof for the following.

Tagore wishes for a nation where people are truthful.


In your notebook write down a line from the poem as proof for the following.

The poet wishes that everyone in his country holds his head high in dignity.


Answer the following question in your own words.

Explain what the ‘tireless striving’ should be for.


Answer the following question in your own words.

What qualities does the poet wish to inculcate in his countrymen?


Complete the following sentence using your own interpretation.

When the mind is without fear and the head is unbowed, we enjoy ______ freedom.


Complete the following sentence using your own interpretation.

When knowledge is free, every citizen enjoys the right to ______ and ______.


Complete the following sentence using your own interpretation.

Logical thinking and reasoning can put a stop to ______.


Poems in English are of different types.

  • Sonnet
  • Limerick
  • Ballad
  • Elegy
  • Free verse
  • Epic
  • Lyric
  • Humorous
  • Idyll

Taking the help of a dictionary/internet guess and write the type of poem against its description.

A short story poem with a message ______.


Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in a paragraph format:

Where the Mind is Without Fear...

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 walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
       Where the clear stream of reason has 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 that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

- Rabindranath Tagore

Points 

  1. The title and the poet of the poem (01)
  2. Rhyme scheme (01)
  3. Figures of speech (01)
  4. Central Idea/Theme (02)

Read the following extract and do the given activities.

A1. Read the poem carefully and match the expressions with their meanings.

No. Column A No. Column B
1. Mind is without fear (a) A person with self-respect and proud of possessing it.
2. Knowledge is free (b) Sincerity of heart.
3. The head is held high (c) A fearless person
4. Depth of Truth (d) Education is given to all.

 

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world had not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms toward perfection.
Where the clear stream of reason has 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 that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

- Rabindranath Tagore

A2. Find out the example of "Metaphor" from the poem.

A3. Write two pairs of alliteration.


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