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  1. The central idea of the poem Where the Mind is Without Fear is that the society of India was ruled by British and thus people lived in fear. In addition, there were various social evils which were prevailing in the society. The people were superstitious, fragmented and uneducated. The poet, RabindraRead more

    The central idea of the poem Where the Mind is Without Fear is that the society of India was ruled by British and thus people lived in fear. In addition, there were various social evils which were prevailing in the society. The people were superstitious, fragmented and uneducated.

    The poet, Rabindranath Tagore, desires to gain freedom from British and also prays Almighty to free our country from all types of social evils.

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  1. Where the Mind is Without Fear is the title of the famous patriotic poem written by Rabindranath Tagore. It means a place where the people would live fearless and thus prosper and progress. Read summary of this poem.

    Where the Mind is Without Fear is the title of the famous patriotic poem written by Rabindranath Tagore. It means a place where the people would live fearless and thus prosper and progress.

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  1. There are many images used by the poet A.K. Ramanujan in the poem Obituary: dust on a table of papers: means nothing. named by a toss of coin by him: i.e. the name of young was somewhat similar to poet's father. being the burning type: it means that his father was bad-tempered. eye coins: means thatRead more

    There are many images used by the poet A.K. Ramanujan in the poem Obituary:

    1. dust on a table of papers: means nothing.
    2. named by a toss of coin by him: i.e. the name of young was somewhat similar to poet’s father.
    3. being the burning type: it means that his father was bad-tempered.
    4. eye coinsmeans that his eyes were greedy.
    5. changed motherin Brahmin Society, a widow has to live a painful life as she has no value after the death of her husband.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem "An Introduction" by Kamala Das: Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break. In the poem An Introduction, the sentences continue to several lines. e.g. "I don’t know politics but I know the names Of those in poweRead more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem “An Introduction” by Kamala Das:

    1. Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break. In the poem An Introduction, the sentences continue to several lines. e.g. “I don’t know politics but I know the names Of those in power, and can repeat them like Days of week, or names of months, beginning with Nehru.”
    2. Repetition: It is the repetition of a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work. e.g. the poet repeats the word “mine” several times to emphasise her right over her body and soul. Similarly the word “language” is repeated several times for poetic effect.
    3. Anaphora: It is the repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses. e.g. we find the word “I” repeated ample of times for emphasis. Similarly, the word “be” is repeated many times.
    4. Allusion: It is the indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. e.g.”I know the names of those in power” refers to men who have been ruling India. “The language I speak, becomes mine” refers to the struggle of woman to be treated as human in a patriarchal society. “he drew a youth of sixteen into the bedroom and closed the door” refers to his husband satisfying his lust.
    5. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “very brown, born in Malabar”.

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  1. These lines are spoken by Kamala Das in her poem An Introduction. The poet says that she is a sinner as well as a saint i.e. she has committed mistakes and also has done a lot of good things. She has been loved as well betrayed. Hence, she possesses all the qualities of humans. Hence she should be tRead more

    These lines are spoken by Kamala Das in her poem An Introduction. The poet says that she is a sinner as well as a saint i.e. she has committed mistakes and also has done a lot of good things. She has been loved as well betrayed. Hence, she possesses all the qualities of humans. Hence she should be treated as a human rather than an object.

    The lines depict poet’s sharp criticism of patriarchal society in which a woman is not more than an object and is never allowed to live her life.

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  1. as we can see the daffodils are a kind of flower which that can  be found in beside the lake or a bay . so the poet prices the daffodils for thier beauty that they have in thier coulor so he extended that he was his sister and seeing a glance of daffodils and he says i wonder i was cloud to watch thRead more

    as we can see the daffodils are a kind of flower which that can  be found in beside the lake or a bay . so the poet prices the daffodils for thier beauty that they have in thier coulor so he extended that he was his sister and seeing a glance of daffodils and he says i wonder i was cloud to watch the daffodils from high helly place to overcome his sorrows and sadnesses

     

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