Question

central idea of poem my heaven

Answer 1

Reference:

            This beautiful stanza has been taken from the poem “My Heaven” composed by“Ravindra Nath Tagore”, a Great Noble Prize Winner.

Context:

            This poem is an extract from theGeetanjali. The poet wants that his country should get freedom in every field of life. The people should have knowledge as well as power of reason. They should not be divided in the name of caste, religion and language.

Explanation/Central Idea :

            The poet prays to God that the people of his country should be fearless. Society should not be divided in the name of caste,language and religion. They should have self-respect. They should be truthful and sincere. They should not follow old and useless traditions and customs. They should learn to decide the matter by logical power. He prays to God to give them guidance and inspire them to do their duty well. They should be progressive in every field.

Answer 2

• The central idea of the poem "My Heaven" is the contemplation of the heaven of the child.
• The child's heaven is a world of happiness and safety and love.
• The child's heaven is a place of pain and danger.
• The child's heaven is a place of the light and the darkness.
• This heaven is dim, and shadowy and far-off.
• But it is still there, beckoning, inviting, full of wonders and beauties.
• It is the heaven of God's children, into which the child is called upon to enter, never knowing what it will bring.
• The only thing that the child can possibly know is that it will bring something more wonderful still.
• It is, to some extent, a dark and disturbing world.
• It is a world that shows inner turmoil, a world of emotional conflict, and a world of struggle.
• In these poems, Hawthorne seems to have been deconstructing the idea of heaven, in which children dream of a safe and happy place to live.

• The setting of "My Heaven" is a domestic ideal.
• But the poem becomes more and more unpersuasive as its pace quickens.

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