Different people have different viewpoints on analysis. The poet uses the different phrases in the poem “Where the mind is without fear”. As we know, phrases have different meanings in different situations. I write this poem summary from my point of view.
Main Theme of the poem:
This Poem “Where the Mind is Without Fear” written by Rabindranath Tagore. He appeal\urges us to be arising from the trapped castes, gender, religion, color, superstitions. We must be broad-minded and develop our country and the whole world together. There are restrictions on acquiring knowledge and on the right to speak due to their castes, religion, gender, etc. We must break our all physical and emotional barriers and fight for our freedom and country’s progress. We must make every effort to make our country like a ‘heaven’ where there is not any restriction to people due to their castes, religion, etc. There is only one caste or religion i.e., humanity. At last, the poem is dedicated to the almighty God and ask the almighty to guide the mind of people. so people get out of this trap.
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Literal Comprehensive | Summary
Rabindranath Tagore is the poet of “Where the Mind is without Fear” Poem. He wrote this poem mainly to countryside people (Villagers) who trapped by castes, gender, religion, color, superstitions. The poet uses different phrases in the poem to urge us to arise from the traps castes, gender, religion, color, superstitions. He appeals to be broad-minded and develops the country together. He thinks to make the world ‘a perfect heaven’ where there is no space for injustice, discrimination, inequality, etc. When we are in fear of restriction due to our background (castes, gender, religion, color, superstitions, region, etc), then we can’t do anything freely, we don’t speak for the truth. We can’t acquire knowledge in good or reputed schools. The traps of religion, caste, and superstitions fragment the people into different groups and regions. We must break these gaps, live together and work for the development of the nation.
A person must be straightforward/honest; the word spoken by him must be forthright and sincere. Humanity is the best religion in the world. We must do efforts for developing our country through attaining individual goals together. We must be rational for attaining our goals or perception and developing the country. In order to accept the previous traditions, break all useless rules, regulations, customs, and traditions and fight for freedom and nation, and establishing a peaceful society. At last, the poem is dedicated to the almighty God and ask the almighty to guide the mind of people. So they make their nations and world like heaven where there is no existence of inequality, injustice, and falsehood.
Meaning of Phrase uses in the poem “Where the mind is without fear”:
Poet uses different phrase for describing this poem. Let’s know the meaning of this phrase.
| Phrase | Meaning |
|---|---|
| head is held high | Everyone can speak for the truth |
| domestic wall | boundary in the name of religious, tradition, color, region, and country borderline |
| depth of truth | It refers to the honest or straight forward people (whose word must be forthright and sincere) |
| dead-habit | mindless practicing of obsolete tradition, castes, religious, belief and superstitious. |
| ever-widening thought and action | This phrase refers to break all the obsolete rules, regulation, tradition, religious etc and think for the nation and fight for the nation. |
| heaven | This word ‘heaven’ means the place where people are not bounded by castes, religious, region, borderline etc. |
Interpretation:
The poet dedicated this poem to the god for establishing equality, justice, truth, peace, unity, and freedom in the world. He urges us to be arising from the trapped of castes, gender, religion, color, superstitions. We must be broad-minded and develop our country and the whole world together. No one has any restriction on acquiring knowledge and on the right to speak due to their castes, religion, gender, etc. The poet told that humanity is the greatest religion in the world. We must break our all physical and emotional barriers and fight for our freedom and country’s progress. We must make every effort to make our nations and world like heaven where there is no existence of inequality, injustice, and falsehood. This poem emphasizes in establishing a peaceful society.
Critical Thinking
I am agree with the idea of the poet. But there are some contradictory points in this poem?
- Is there is the existence of inequality nowadays?
- Is there is the existence of God?
- Only the countryside people dominate others in name of caste, religion, etc.
- Is there is a place like heaven, who can see heaven?
- Only the countryside people dominate others in name of caste, religion, etc.
- Are people think as much as the poet said about the castes in such a busy world?
- Does it possible of changing today’s world into the ideal world (like have) within a blink of an eye?
- Does it possible to remove inequality, injustice, and falsehood completely from the world?
Assimilation
I am impressed with this poem. The idea of establishing equality, justice, truth, peace, unity, and freedom in the world impressed me. This poet said us how to live together in the real world. The habit of dominating others in the name of castes, gender, religion, color disturbs the progress of the country and the whole world. By reading this poem, I know humanity is the best religion in the world.
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