Rabindranath Tagore

Where the Mind is Without Fear

Rabindranath Tagore

Literal Comprehension:

"Where the Mind is Without Fear" is a beautiful poem composed by Rabindranath Tagore, the great Bengali poet. This poem is based on idealism. In the poem, the poet prays the god to take his country to the heaven of freedom where there is no fear in mind and where the streams of reason flows towards holy ocean, where laborious arms stretch towards success, where the country has not been divided into pieces and where superstition no longer exists.

Interpretation:

This poem is about the broad concentration of patriotism. The poet wants to unite the fragmented worlds into the single nation to be the citizen of the world. The poet says that the citizen of the narrow domestic walls must be broken and the world shouldn't be divided into pieces. Fear, superstition, bias, ignorance, etc. should be eradicated and peace, fraternity, humanity should, equality justice, etc. should be established.

Critical thinking:

This poem is full of the feeling of patriotism but some ideas of the poet are not convincing. Is there god? If so, what is the proof? Is it possible to wake this world in heaven? Does idealism come true?

Assimilation:

I am very much attached by the idea of the poem. He wants freedom of the world from the wars, ignorance, fear and biasness. This poem also inspired me from the feeling of patriotism.