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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. - English

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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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1st line - Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high

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

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Chapter 1.1 Where the mind is without fear
English workshop | Q 1. (c) | Page 4

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

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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

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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
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       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)

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