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प्रश्न
In your notebook write down a line from the poem as proof for the following.
The poet wishes that everyone in his country holds his head high in dignity.
उत्तर
1st line - Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in paragraph format.
Where the Mind is Without Fear …
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by Thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
- Rabindranath Tagore
In your notebook write down a line from the poem as proof for the following.
The poem is a 'prayer'
Read the columns carefully and match the expressions with their meanings.
| No | Column A | Column B | |
| (1) | The head is held high | (a) | A fearless person |
| (2) | Narrow domestic walls | (b) | Sincerity of heart |
| (3) | Knowledge is free | (c) | A person with self-respect and proud of possessing it |
| (4) | Depth of truth | (d) | Narrow mindedness |
| (5) | Mind is without fear | (e) | Education is given to all |
| (6) | Stretches its arms | (f) | Dried up, infertile land of sands |
| (7) | Clear stream of reason | (g) | Clear thinking |
| (8) | Dead habits | (h) | Aim at perfection |
| (9) | Ever widening thought and action | (i) | Broadening the outlook and attitude |
'Where words come out from the depth of truth.' Explain in your own words.
Who is 'Thee' in the poem? What does the poet appeal to 'Thee' to do?
Answer the following question in your own words.
What qualities does the poet wish to inculcate in his countrymen?
Write your own response to the following question, and justify where needed:
What effect does the repetition of the word 'where' at the beginning of each line?
Fill in the blank:
In the world of sycophancy, students must ______
Almost every line of the poem begins with the word ‘Where’ and it expects an idealistic country and countrymen. Now work in a group of six students and compose your poem regarding ‘Ideal School’. Begin your lines with the word ‘Where’ ___
Taking the help of a dictionary/internet guess and write the type of poem against its description.
A 5-line short funny poem with rhyme scheme aabba.
