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Q.3 (B) Appreciation of the poem : (5 marks)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 highW…

Q.3 (B) Appreciation of the poem : (5 marks)

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
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
— Rabindranath Tagore

Points : Title (½) • The poet (½) • Rhyme scheme (1) • Figures of speech (1) • Central Idea/Theme (2)

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The poem ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ is written by the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It is a prayer for his motherland, taken from Gitanjali.

The poem is written in free verse, so it has no rhyme scheme.

Figures of speech: Anaphora – the repetition of “Where” at the beginning of lines; Metaphor – “the clear stream of reason”, “the dreary desert sand of dead habit”, “that heaven of freedom”; Personification – “tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection”; Alliteration – “dreary desert … dead”; Apostrophe – “my Father” (God is addressed directly).

Central idea / theme: The poet prays to God to awaken his country into a heaven of true freedom – a nation where people live without fear and with self-respect, where knowledge is free for all, where society is not divided by narrow walls of caste, religion or region, where people speak the truth, strive tirelessly for perfection and are guided by clear reason rather than dead, blind habits. It is a vision of freedom of the mind, not just political freedom.

I like the poem for its noble, universal message and its simple yet powerful language; it is as relevant today as when it was written.

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