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Answer the following question in your own words. How is the world broken into fragments?

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Answer the following question in your own words.

How is the world broken into fragments?

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Solution

According to the poet, the world, i.e., the unity of people, has been broken up into fragments.

The world is broken up by the ‘narrow domestic walls’ like the caste system, social classes, religions, colour, creed and so on.

The poet here wants to say that the whole world has been divided on the basis of caste, colour, Creed, religion, region, etc. He says that the world is not united as one, and he prays to the Almighty to help the people of the world to rise to that level of perfection where these things cannot divide the world.

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Chapter 1.1: Where the mind is without fear - English workshop [Page 4]

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Where the Mind is Without Fear...

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
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       Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
       By narrow domestic walls
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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)

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