Read and Reflect activity for Formative Assessment
MODEL REVIEW
OF A POEM
Name of the poetry: Where the mind is without fear
Name of the author: Rabindranath Tagore
Genre of the piece of writing: Poetry
Summary of the Poetry:
This poem is a contemplation
of a state of being, a place in time, and a way of living into which the
author, Tagore, wishes his country, India, would awaken. The first nine lines
of the poem present a number of statements in which begin with the word,
“Where…” These statements are each positive attributes which Tagore is hoping
India will achieve. The poem resolves by finishing all of these sentences,
and Tagore making a plea to his Father, for his country to wake up into “that
heaven of freedom.”
My Reflections:
In this poem Tagore
dreamt of a heaven of freedom for his country where people would be fearless,
knowledgeable, rational, united, truthful, hard working and broad minded.
A lot has happened since then, but we haven’t achieved the
heaven. Though our country has achieved freedom, it’s been mere political
freedom, not the spiritual one that Tagore wanted. Still we see the divisions
among people based on their caste, class, religion and such baseless things.
The country is still dipped in superstitious beliefs, corruption, illiteracy
and poverty. Hence, Tagore’s wish has not been fulfilled
yet. That is why we find the poem equally relevant today.
By : Rajamanohari
Class
10 ZPHS Satharam
Want to read the poem? Here
it is!
WHERE THE MIND
IS WITHOUT FEAR
-
Rabindranath Tagore
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
Read and Reflect activity for Formative Assessment
MODEL REVIEW
OF A POEM
Name of the poetry: Where the mind is without fear
Name of the author: Rabindranath Tagore
Genre of the piece of writing: Poetry
Summary of the Poetry:
This poem is a contemplation
of a state of being, a place in time, and a way of living into which the
author, Tagore, wishes his country, India, would awaken. The first nine lines
of the poem present a number of statements in which begin with the word,
“Where…” These statements are each positive attributes which Tagore is hoping
India will achieve. The poem resolves by finishing all of these sentences,
and Tagore making a plea to his Father, for his country to wake up into “that
heaven of freedom.”
My Reflections:
In this poem Tagore
dreamt of a heaven of freedom for his country where people would be fearless,
knowledgeable, rational, united, truthful, hard working and broad minded.
A lot has happened since then, but we haven’t achieved the
heaven. Though our country has achieved freedom, it’s been mere political
freedom, not the spiritual one that Tagore wanted. Still we see the divisions
among people based on their caste, class, religion and such baseless things.
The country is still dipped in superstitious beliefs, corruption, illiteracy
and poverty. Hence, Tagore’s wish has not been fulfilled
yet. That is why we find the poem equally relevant today.
By : Rajamanohari
Class
10 ZPHS Satharam
Want to read the poem? Here
it is!
WHERE THE MIND
IS WITHOUT FEAR
-
Rabindranath Tagore
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
