critical appreciation of the poem"where the mind is without fear"and its impact on us
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The poet wishes to be awakened to a heaven where the mind can work fearlessly and the spirit can hold its head high, where one can acquire knowledge in all freedom of choice,where the big world of man is not fragmented or restricted to small mutually exclusive compartments,where everybody speaks his/her heart clear,where actions flow in the form of various streams moving from success to success,where petty convention do not stagnate the course of judgement,where manhood is not pieced,where god himself lead us in all acts,all thoughts and all source of delight.We need a strong motivating slap by god to be elevated to that heaven.
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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