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Elective English–I

Notes 11.7 Keywords

Fragments : Pieces
Head is held high : Self respect
Domestic : Pertaining to family
Striving : Try hard

Tireless : Without getting tired
Stream : River
Dreary : Dull
Reason : Intellect
Dead habit : Old customs

Desert : Dry area of land
Awake : To get up from sleep

Answers: Self Assessment

1. (i)
2. In a free country where knowledge can be acquired is all freedom of choice

3. (ii)

11.8 Review Questions

1. How does the poet describe ‘heaven of freedom’?

2. Who does the poet address as ‘thee’ and my father?
3. (a) Why is reason compared with ‘clear stream’?
(b) Where has reason lost its way?
4. Look at the line ‘dreary desert sand of dead habit.’ The sound ‘d’ is repeated four times.
Why? The repetition of sound gives the line a musical quality.

11.9 Further Readings

Books Rabindranath Tagore by Krishna Kripalani (1962);
Rabindranath Tagore by H. Banerjee (1971); (1977);

Online links www.w3.org/WAI/eval/considerations.html

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