GITANJALI Where the Mind is without Fear: An Analysis

1. Where the Mind is
without Fear
presented by: FLORALIE LACUESTA-INAYAN
PSHS WV Campus
10/26/16

11. habit

16. Where the Mind is without Fear
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
self-respect
India itself with her people
old customs,
beliefs, & traditions
intellect; understanding

17. Where the mind is without fear
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
ANAPHORA
the repetition of a word
or phrase at the
beginning of successive
clauses.
LITERARY DEVICES: FIGURES OF SPEECH

18. Where the mind is without fear
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
ALLITERATION
Alliteration is the
repetition of the same
sound or letter at the
beginning of each or
most of the words in a
sentence.
LITERARY DEVICES: FIGURES OF SPEECH

19. Where the mind is without fear
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
ASSONANCE
Assonance is the
repetition of ‘vowel
rhyme’.
LITERARY DEVICES: FIGURES OF SPEECH

20. Where the mind is without fear
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
METAPHOR
LITERARY DEVICES: FIGURES OF SPEECH
• the big world is compared to
many small rooms separated
by 'narrow domestic walls';
• words coming out from 'the
depth of truth' gives us the
impression of a
fountain/spring on the
comparative level;
• 'the clear stream of reason'
is a comparison between
reason and a flowing
stream; and 'dead habit'
that chokes the clarity of
reason is compared to 'the
dreary desert';
• ‘Freedom’ is regarded as
heaven. (comparison of
heaven as freedom.)

21. Where the mind is without fear
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
SYNECDOCHE
Synecdoche is a
literary device in which
a part of something
represents the whole
or it may use a whole
to represent a part.
LITERARY DEVICES: FIGURES OF SPEECH
OTHER EXAMPLES:
•The word “sails” refers to a
whole ship.
•The word “suits” refers to
businessmen.
•The word “boots” usually
refers to soldiers.
•The term “coke” is a
common synecdoche for all
carbonated drinks.

22. SYNECDOCHE versus METONYMY
• Synecdoche refers to the whole of a thing by the
name of any one of its parts. For example, calling a
car “wheels” is a synecdoche because a part of a car
“wheels” stands for the whole car.
• Metonymy, the word we use to describe another
thing is closely linked to that particular thing, but is
not necessarily a part of it. For example, “crown”
that refers to power or authority is a metonymy
used to replace the word “king” or “queen”.
e.g. The pen is mightier than the sword.
Let me give you a hand.

23. Where the mind is without fear
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
PERSONIFICATION
‘Tireless striving'
which is an abstract
idea has been
assigned with a
human aspect in
'stretches its arms‘
‘Country’ which is
personified to be
awake.
LITERARY DEVICES: FIGURES OF SPEECH

24. Where the mind is without fear
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
APOSTROPHE
addresses an
imaginary
character/abstract/
inanimate object in
his speech.
LITERARY DEVICES: FIGURES OF SPEECH

25. Where the mind is without fear
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
IMAGERY
The poet draws a
picture of free
India.
He dreamt of a
country with no
boundaries.
He prays for the
welfare of the
country.
LITERARY DEVICES: FIGURES OF SPEECH

26. Where the mind is without fear
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
THEME
The poet draws a
picture of free
India.
He dreamt of a
country with no
boundaries.
He prays for the
welfare of the
country.
LITERARY DEVICES: FIGURES OF SPEECH