Question

why is reason being compared to a clear stream?

Answer 1

Reason’ or logical thinking is compared to a clear stream. But it can lose its way when it faces the challenges of age-old superstitions (compared to a dreary desert) and yield to those. We are often guided by our old beliefs. But the poet wants just the opposite. In short, the poet wishes that logic rules and wins over old habits.

Answer 2

Hello buddy..


In the poem Where the Mind is Without Fear, the poet compares ‘reason’ to a clear stream and ‘dead habits’ to a dry desert.

Reason or logical thinking is the thing that makes a nation progressive. On the other hand, ‘dead habits’ (superstitions) make a nation stagnant. Logical thinking helps us take new decisions and accept changes instead of sticking to some age-old ideas. That is why reason is compared to a clear stream that can wash out any stagnant object on its way.

Dead habits are compared to desert sands because these superstitious beliefs block the way of progressive thoughts, just as a desert can block the way of a clear stream. Dead habits are as choking as the desert for something fresh and progressive

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