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  1. “Where The Mind Is Without Fear” is a thought-provoking poem by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, an Indian writer. Tagore is a poet, dramatist and often refers to as ‘the Bard of Bengal’. It is one the best poems in the anthology called “Gitanjali” which was published in 1912 and won the prestigiRead more

    “Where The Mind Is Without Fear” is a thought-provoking poem by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, an Indian writer. Tagore is a poet, dramatist and often refers to as ‘the Bard of Bengal’.

    It is one the best poems in the anthology called “Gitanjali” which was published in 1912 and won the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.

    When Tagore composed this poem his mind was confined by the chains of slavery-like any other common citizens of India because India was under the clutch of the British Rule where freedom was like day-dreaming.

    This poem is written in the form of prayer to God, the true bearer of freedom. He urges God throughout the poem with his mysterious concept of freedom from the struggle for awakening to his countrymen.

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  1. His main vision is to get freedom. He wrote many poetry to express his freedom fighting and also he wanted a free country where the students can learn think freely.

    His main vision is to get freedom. He wrote many poetry to express his freedom fighting and also he wanted a free country where the students can learn think freely.

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  1. The child is attracted towards the bangle seller because he thinks that the bangle seller never hurries like him (the child himself). Unlike the child, the bangle seller has no road to take and no place to go and there is no time bound for him to return back to home. In other words, the bangle selleRead more

    The child is attracted towards the bangle seller because he thinks that the bangle seller never hurries like him (the child himself). Unlike the child, the bangle seller has no road to take and no place to go and there is no time bound for him to return back to home. In other words, the bangle seller appears to be enjoying freedom. This is what the child is attracted to while seeing the bangle seller.

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  1. The child finds the gardener digging the ground. He does what he likes with the spade. His clothes become dirty but no one scolds him for that. And no one stops him from doing his work though it may be a sunny day or a rainy day. In other words, the child thinks that the gardener enjoys freedom. ThiRead more

    The child finds the gardener digging the ground. He does what he likes with the spade. His clothes become dirty but no one scolds him for that. And no one stops him from doing his work though it may be a sunny day or a rainy day. In other words, the child thinks that the gardener enjoys freedom. This fascinates him.

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  1. He finds different vocations interesting because they all seem to be enjoying freedom unlike he himself. He desires to become a bangle-seller, a gardener and a watchman because he thinks that they all enjoy freedom. On the other hand, he himself is deprived of the freedom. This is is why finds otherRead more

    He finds different vocations interesting because they all seem to be enjoying freedom unlike he himself. He desires to become a bangle-seller, a gardener and a watchman because he thinks that they all enjoy freedom. On the other hand, he himself is deprived of the freedom. This is is why finds other vocations interesting.

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  1. These locations have been mentioned in the poem Vocation- lane on which he walks to school, gate of a house near to his own, dark and lonely lane on which the watchman walks. Read summary of Vocation Play quiz on Vocation Poem

    These locations have been mentioned in the poem Vocation- lane on which he walks to school, gate of a house near to his own, dark and lonely lane on which the watchman walks.

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