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Taking the help of a dictionary/internet guess and write the type of poem against its description. A poem of 14 lines ______. - English

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Taking the help of a dictionary/internet guess and write the type of poem against its description.

A poem of 14 lines ______.

Options

  • Sonnet

  • Epic

  • Limerick

  • Lyric

  • Ballad

  • Humorous

  • Elegy

  • Idyll

  • Free verse

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A poem of 14 lines sonnet.

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Where the Mind is Without Fear...
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Chapter 1.1: Where the mind is without fear - Warming Up! [Page 2]

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Chapter 1.1 Where the mind is without fear
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  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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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.

 

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world had 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 toward perfection.
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
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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

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A3. Write two pairs of alliteration.


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