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Poems and conversations · Question 51 of 150

What is the poet's central wish in the poem?

Question 51

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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 by narrow walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the 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 .

What is the poet's central wish in the poem?

Options for question 51

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

Explanation

  1. Each line beginning "Where" describes a place: no fear, free knowledge, truthful words, clear reason.

  2. The last line calls this place "that heaven of freedom" and asks that the poet's country "awake" into it. The freedom he means is freedom of the mind.

Worth noting

Wealth and power are never mentioned. The poem is about the state of people's minds, not the strength of a nation.

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Finding the central idea of a poem
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