appreciation of poem of where the mind without fear
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'WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT FEAR' is one of the most praised poem by RABINDRANATH TAGORE .This poem is taken from a volume of devotional poem 'GITANJALI' for which he was awarded the Nobel prize for literature.He was recognised and praised all over the world for his genius and remarkable store of creativity.This poem is written in the pre-independence India.
Tagore expresses his love and feelings for his country in this poem. He prays to god to make his country perfect.He has many wishes for his country in his hear.He wants that the people should not have any kind of fear.The people should live their life with self respect.He wants that everybody should get free knowledge and the people will live together with unity.The mind of the people should be truthful and they should constantly strive for perfection.The people should not become slave of bad habits.The people should have clarity of thoughts.He also says that the world has not broken up into fragment by narrow domestic walls of casteism ,racialism,conservatism,linguistic etc.In this way poet prays for freedom for his country and also presents his dreams of ideal India.
The poem "Where the mind is without fear" by Rabindranath Tagore is a prayer to God.
Tagore addresses God as " my father" and asks him to awaken his country into a heaven of freedom, where there is a total freedom of good thoughts , good words and good actions.
He wishes for a country where people should be free from fear , where knowledge would be free to all individuals and people from all castes and religions should be United .
The poem is written in a free verse without any rhyme Scheme or metre throughout the poem.
There are many figures of speech e.g Personification- "Where tireless striving stretches it's arm towards perfection. "
Here ,we can actually visualize " tireless striving" stretching it's arm towards goal.
The special features of the poem is the emotion it conveys and the strong feelings of the poet for the progress of the country . It is an extremely patriotic poem. My favorite line of the poem is " Where the mind is without fear and head is held high" . I like this line because there is a positive emotion in this line , showing dignity and self respect.
I like this poem because it is simple , deeply sensitive , fresh and beautiful .
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