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प्रश्न
Read the poem. Write an appreciation of the poem in about 12-15 lines with the help of the given points.
- Title
- Poet
- Rhyme scheme
- Favourite line
- Theme/Central idea
- Figures of speech
- Special features - Type of the poem, language, tone, implied meaning, etc.
- Why I like/ dislike the poem
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उत्तर
‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ is an excellent poem of ‘Naivedya’ a collection of poems. It is a free English translation of Rabindranath’s Bengali poem, ‘Chitta Jetha Bhayshunya’. The translation was done by the poet himself.
In this poem, the poet breathes a prayer that comes out from the depth of his heart. The poet is a preacher of freedom of every sort. He pleads for the spiritual emancipation of his own motherland. He prays for the uplift of his countrymen, wants them to reside in heaven where the mind is free from all sorts of narrowness, the head is held high with full dignity achieved through pure knowledge and relentless strivings for perfection. The poet does not pray for his own personal gains. His prayer is sincere and imbibed with lyrical emotion chanted with full-throated ease.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in 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
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 poem is a 'prayer'
Who is 'Thee' in the poem? What does the poet appeal to 'Thee' to do?
Write your own response to the following question, and justify where needed:
Is the poem a prayer for India alone?
Complete the following sentence using your own interpretation:
When the mind is without fear and the head is unbowed, we enjoy ______ freedom.
Fill in the blank:
Students should keep themselves aloof from ______.
Taking the help of a dictionary/internet guess and write the type of poem against its description.
A long story-poem, often mythical ________.
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. _______.
Taking the help of a dictionary/internet guess and write the type of poem against its description.
A poem set in picturesque, rustic background _______.
