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Question
Write your own response to the following question, and justify where needed:
Is the poem a prayer for India alone?
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Solution
The poem is a prayer for not only India alone, but it is also relevant for countries all over the world.
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Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in 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
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Answer the following question in your own words.
What qualities does the poet wish to inculcate in his countrymen?
Write your own response to the following question, and justify where needed:
What should people keep on widening? How can it be done?
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What attributes of Rabindranath Tagore does the poem (prayer) reflect?
Write your own response to the following question, and justify where needed:
What effect does the repetition of the word 'where' at the beginning of each line?
Complete the following sentence using your own interpretation:
When the mind is without fear and the head is unbowed, we enjoy ______ freedom.
Fill in the blank:
Students should keep themselves aloof from ______.
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Students must develop ________outlook and attitudes.
Read the poem. Write an appreciation of the poem in about 12-15 lines with the help of the given points.
- Title
- Poet
- Rhyme scheme
- Favourite line
- Theme/Central idea
- Figures of speech
- Special features - Type of the poem, language, tone, implied meaning, etc.
- Why I like/ dislike the poem
Pair up with your partner and match the terms with their given meanings.
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| (1) Humanism | (a) Concern about and action aimed at protecting the environment |
| (2) Patriotism | (b) Holding liberal views |
| (3) Internationalism | (c) Quality of being patriotic: vigorous support for one’s country |
| (4) Liberalism | (d) State or process of being international |
| (5) Environmentalism | (e) A rationalistic outlook towards humans rather than a divine or supernatural one |
