Question

What do you think he means by habit? From the poem where the mind is without fear

Answer 1

iam lover of poem and good writer when I think about nature no fear no affairs

Answer 2

It’s not actually ‘habit’ but ‘dead habits’ or superstitious beliefs and actions, as the poet has nothing to worry about the good human habits. Tagore has compared those old and useless habits to a dreary desert that can choke a river of fresh water. This metaphor is drawn while comparing the ‘reason’ or logical thinking to a clear stream. The superstitions and prejudices curb the progressive thoughts and make a nation stagnant. These are not at all relevant to the present situations, but people still like to cling to them. That is why the poet has called them ‘dead habits’.

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