Question

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Read the poem.

Where The Mind Is Without Fear

by Rabindranath Tagore

Tagore was an Indian writer who lived during the time that Great Britain ruled over the country of India, one of its colonies. In this poem, he expresses his views on how his people have reacted to that control and his hopes for their future.

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.

What is the effect of the words "dreary desert sand of dead habit" on the tone of the poem?

A. The desert symbolizes the people's abandonment of free thinking, setting a tone of disappointment.

B. The desert represents the poverty of the speaker's country, suggesting a forlorn tone.

C. The desert symbolizes the potential for regrowth, creating a hopeful tone.

D. The desert represents the speaker's search for spirituality, developing a tone of determination.

I chose C.

Answer 1

C: would be correct, The "river" symbolizes the peoples wills to live free of Britain control, while it may seem the are getting lost they are actually seeking out a new area to live free of Britain control.

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

Option A. The desert symbolizes the people's abandonment of free thinking, setting a tone of disappointment.

I just took the test and this was in fact the correct answer!!

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