images of colonialism in freedom by rabindranath tagore
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Tagore (1861-1941) was a Bengali poet and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He supported Indian independence from Britain and desired the end of the British Raj, which is the subject of "Freedom."
In the first two lines of the poem, he refers to India as the "motherland" and states that he wants India to be free from fear. His use of alliteration, or repetition of the "f" sound in the words "freedom," "from," "fear," and "freedom" again in the first line, emphasizes the urgency of his call for Indian independence. The word "freedom" is repeated throughout the poem to express the poet's deep wish for his country to be independent. In the third line, he builds on the image of India as an aging mother, and he wants her to be free from the "burden of the ages," which refers to the yoke of English control of India. The aged woman who represents India bends her head, bends her back, and blinds her eyes under the burden of colonialism. These lines also use alliteration with the repetition of the "b" sound. Tagore speaks of the way in which India does not see the future or imagine a brighter future for herself by blinding her eyes.