Question

critical appreciation of the poem 'where the mind is without fear​

Answer 1

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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. ... It is an extremely patriotic poem.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The short, simple patriotic poem entitled "Where The Mind Is Without Fear" written by Rabindranath Tagore. This poem is from his Nobel Prize winning anthology 'Gitanjali'. The title is significant as it involves God to let his country towards the freedom of mind and spirit. The tone is Serious.The first eight lines show the picture and the mood changes to hope in the last three lines. It is a prayer hope and a call to action for the country. The British rule had prevented many Indian from position and growth tagor apples to God to free India in political, educational, economical and social fields he wants his countrymen to live with dignity to be truthful, Industries, self confidence and not be trapped in the bad habits of rituals,customs and narrow domestic walls.In the end he asks God to awaken India from all vices and hopes for better future and total freedom. The implied meaning is that only people experience the freedom of mind and spirit can a country progress.

The language is simple with appropriate words like "thee"," Heaven of freedom" the the poem is an 11 lined stanza written in the free verse. Tagore has beautified his poem with figure of speech like alliteration,personification, synecdoche, metaphor in the line " clear stream of reason"," Into the heaven Heaven of freedom", use of apostrophe,visual image highlights the line "where tireless striving stretches it's Arm". The line which appeals to me is into the "Heaven of freedom my father let my country awake", as it makes the whole poem a prayer and ask God to help us appreciate the poem as it message is timeless it is a global event today do it is was written during the pre Independence and can be still be related to even today it leaves The Reader hopeful and makes all of us to strive towards making India 'A Heaven of freedom'