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Question
Tagore appeals to God to make his country a ______.
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Solution
Tagore appeals to God to make his country a heaven of freedom, where everyone is free to think, learn, and reach their dreams.
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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 |
Write in your notebook your own response and justify, where needed.
What should people keep on widening? How can it be done?
When knowledge is free, every citizen enjoys the right to ______ and ______.
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Students should keep themselves aloof from ______.
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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 5-line short funny poem with rhyme scheme aabba - ______
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 ______.
Read the following extract and do the given activities.
A1. Read the poem carefully and match the expressions with their meanings.
| No. | Column A | No. | Column B |
| 1. | Mind is without fear | (a) | A person with self-respect and proud of possessing it. |
| 2. | Knowledge is free | (b) | Sincerity of heart. |
| 3. | The head is held high | (c) | A fearless person |
| 4. | Depth of Truth | (d) | Education is given to all. |
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Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high - Rabindranath Tagore |
A2. Find out the example of "Metaphor" from the poem.
A3. Write two pairs of alliteration.
