Question

4. 4.What are ‘reason’ and ‘dead habit’ compared
to?
What are ‘reason’ and ‘dead habit’ compared to? Chapter1.1(1) Where the Mind is Without Fear...-Rabindranath Tagore
Maharashtra SCERT Class X English

Answer 1

The poet emphasises on logical thinking and wants people not to be superstitious.He asks people not to loose their common sense in the age old 'dead habit' of believing superstitious traditions and customs instead use their reasoning abilities before doing any work.Here reason is being compared to logical thinking and dead habit to superstitions.

Answer 2

Answer:

'Reason' is compared to a clear stream, and 'dead habit' is compared to the dreary desert sand