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प्रश्न
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.
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उत्तर
“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.”
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the columns carefully and match the expressions with their meanings.
| No. | Column A | Column B | |
| (1) | The head is held high | (a) | A fearless person |
| (2) | Narrow domestic walls | (b) | Sincerity of heart |
| (3) | Knowledge is free | (c) | A person with self-respect and proud of possessing it |
| (4) | Depth of truth | (d) | Narrow mindedness |
| (5) | Mind is without fear | (e) | Education is given to all |
| (6) | Stretches its arms | (f) | Dried up, infertile land of sands |
| (7) | Clear stream of reason | (g) | Clear thinking |
| (8) | Dead habits | (h) | Aim at perfection |
| (9) | Ever widening thought and action | (i) | Broadening the outlook and attitude |
Answer the following question in your own words.
‘Where words come out from the depth of truth.’ Explain in your own words.
Write in your notebook your own response and justify, where needed.
What effect does the repetition of the word ‘where’ at the begining of each line?
Read the poem carefully and complete the table after the discussion in pairs. One is done for you.
| Concepts in the poem | Present situation | Expected/ideal situation |
| (1) mind | mind is full of fear | fearless mind |
| (2) head | ............... | ............... |
| (3) knowledge | ............... | ............... |
| (4) words | ............... | ............... |
| (5) habit | ............... | ............... |
| (6) thought and action | ............... | ............... |
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 ______.
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 long story-poem, often mythical ______.
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 song-like poem ______.
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 poem with no uniformity of rhyme, rhythm, etc. ______.
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 sad poem, lamenting death of a loved one ______.
