Answer the following questions. a. To whom are the words of the poet addressed? b. What is the main topic or idea of the poem? in which part of the poem is it to be found? c. How does the poet describe reason? d. How does he describe habit? e. Which other word does the poet use to address 'Father'? To whom does Father' refer? f. What do you think the poet means by reason? g. What do you think he means by habit?
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a. In the poem the poet addresses to his father.
b. The main idea of the poem is to lift the poet's country into a heaven of freedom.And this main idea of the poem is found in the very last line of the poem where he says:
"Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake."
c. The poem has described the reason or logical thinking as a 'clear stream' that can wash away the stagnant heap of superstitions and 'dead habits'. Indeed, good rational thinking is what can clear our mind of all evils of prejudice and can lead to the nation's progress.
d. Tagore has compared those old and useless habits to a dreary desert that can choke a river of fresh water.
e. The other word used to address father is 'thee'. The word father is referred here to is God.
f. The poet has described 'reason' or logical thinking as a 'clear stream' that can wash away the stagnant heap of superstitions and 'dead habits'. Indeed, good rational thinking is what can clear our mind of all evils of prejudice and can lead to the nation's progress.
g. Tagore has compared those old and useless habits to a dreary desert that can choke a river of fresh water.