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प्रश्न
Write in your notebook your own response and justify, where needed.
What should people keep on widening? How can it be done?
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उत्तर
People should keep widening their knowledge and using that knowledge to do good things. Knowledge can be acquired through reading books, exploring different ideas, etc.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
In your notebook write down a line from the poem as proof for the following.
The poet dreams of a nation where knowledge should be free to all.
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.
Answer the following question in your own words.
What qualities does the poet wish to inculcate in his countrymen?
Write in your notebook your own response and justify, where needed.
From what darkness of night should our nation awaken?
Complete the following sentence using your own interpretation.
Tagore appeals to God to make his country a ______.
Students should keep themselves aloof from ______.
When ______ everyone will be literate.
Read the short story written by Rabindranath Tagore ‘The Kabuliwala’ or ‘The Home Coming.’
Visit the website and collect more information about Rabindranath Tagore’s life and work.
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 written, just to create humour ______.
