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 I S U H R ID COMPULSORY '...E N G L I S H [A E C ] (INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE ).. A ~ SEMESTER - 1 Prof. Madhurima Mullick, M.A. Assistant Professor in English Panchakot Mahavidyalaya Revised by Dr. Hari Sankar Kundu.-..M.A., Ph.D. in English SU H RI D BO OK ST AL L Pub lish er & Boo k..S.lle r College Square (West) StalLNo. -19 : : Kol- 73 ([)2241-8373  Published by : Arlndam Datta SUHRJD PRAKASHANI. A-2Anjali apartment 45 Dakshin Pally, Sodepur. 8981022968 l AII rights reserved. No part of this book may be copied, printed or reprod : in any other way without the prior permission of the Publisher. uccd New Edition (As per NEP Syllabus) : September, 2023 Published from Suhrid Prakashani, Kolkata ISBN: 978-93-95120-19-7 Price : Rs. 170 only Laser Setting by : Printer: Partha Compunet Adyahaldi Prinl"' 28, Purbayan ~. Sodepur 24312C, A. P. C. Road Kolkata. 700 009 Koli~~rtu :>W>r~ ~~M~ >it"h1 ~aitc~~ ~~~~ 45~~8 ~-en ~I Break , Break , Break · t... ~ ~"h1 f(.-M 'fcl ~O tif f ~ 1filf ~ ~ ffltw I ltil "ll~ho~~~~~1 Clf'illt'fJ ~ iff, llfffl ~ ~ - ~ \,f !t-f~Fd thi.'Oilll'e'I 'lilldt ~ ? 1lfflT ~.i f.lfr.Df (~ ).. ~ ~"1! IGOfiJ ~l iJS f ~ ON W ~m R S~ 1f lr -l 11 11 11 R f~.S ~~~.llSW "'1r-n ~ H4iii'6fl ~MCI(. ~ llt'811t ~ C1llt1I ~ IJ1cl'-atal'ottJI ◄IWt.il IQ ~ ~ C1lef ill ~ ilf. Ci ilt+ lt ~ ~ ~ IQ ~ "~ ~ "'< ~) IG l;t ~~... " ' ~ - -... w ee poetry 17 ►► WORD MEANINGS Stanza 1 Latched - fasten with a latch(~ ~m~)I ~MSM Nm postern cremulo.us -- back door ( c ~ ~ ) I shaking or quivering ( ~ ~ ) I delicate - tender ( ~ ~ ~91.,() I - Stanza 2 Dusk the time of day immediately following sunset (14100?1 ~ ~ ) I blink f.f~-a~)1 - briefly shut the eyes ( ~ ~ dewfall-hawk alight -- night-hawk ( ~ ~9fl~) I come down ( ~ ~ ~ ) I ·.7ind warped upland thorn - thorn bush distorted by constant wind (-2 18 Suhrid Comeulsorr En~r h ~ furtively strove · -- secretly (~~) I attempt by employing effort (~m11l~ ~~~)I - Stanza 4 Stilled at last died (~ ~ 32 ----~~====== Suhrid Compulsory- Enot· h ~I~ ~~Ne.ct m-t ~~ ~ ~ ~~ o~\51~~- C11~1~4 ~ ~l'iC~~ ~ fb~IC~~ ~ C~'SICtlM~) I heaven of freedom state of perfect freedom (.>t1 Father God ('='~)I.. ABOUT THE POET Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) was the youngest son of Dcbcndranath Tagore, a leader of the Brahmo Samaj. He was educated at home and went to England at the age of seventeen for formal education but he did not complete his education there. Apan from his involvement in a· variety of lice,ary activities Tagore had to manage his family estates which brought him in close contact to common humanity and accounted for his involvement in many social reforms.of pre - independent India. · _. Tagore immensely contributed to literature as a. poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer. He also composed nonfictional prose like essays, criticism, philosophical treatises, journals, memoirs, and letters. Besides, he was a noted musician, painter, actor-produccr- Comp. Eng. (C.U.)-3  34. Su~rid Compulso~ E n ~ director, educator and patnot. Tagore 1s known as a leading L of modern India an d had a s1gn1.. fitcant ro Ie.tn India's arcnatc I ct. c the union ror h.. o t e best of th tur..1 f cu renaissance. He always wished and the West which expresses his liberal and broad outlook. c Tagore's literary career spans over a ~er!od of sixty Years. 1' publication of "Gitanjali'' was the most significant event in Ta literary career which won him ~e Nobel Prize in Literature in ~~ He is the first Asian to receive the honour. Tagore spent the four years of his life in constant pain and had two long bouts illness. In 1937, he went into a comatose condition, which rela after a period of three years. Tagore died on August 7, 194 Joras~nko mansion in which he was brought up. ~ ABOUT THE POEM The poem was originally tided 'Prarthona' when Tagore pu it in his collection of poetry titled 'Naibedya' ('Offerings') jn However, 'Where the Mind is With.out Fear' was indud the title 'Chino Jetha Bhaiyashunyo' ii) Tagore's selection poems 'Gitanjali' ('Song Offerings'), published in 1910. Tagore published the English translation of 'Gi~ ' original Bengali tide. The English version of the poem Mind is _Without Fear' appeared as poem 35 in 'Gi The poem was written at a time when India humiliating under the British imperial rule.J demeaned, humiliated and exploited by the.~ time when India struggled for independence such a context Tagore prays to God for poem is religious as well as patriotic in policies along with economic instabiQ.ty great anxiety in the minds of lndiaas. Tagore pens his idea of perfect awake in such a state of glorio\u po et ry == == == ~~ -- -- -- -- -- - 35 ►► BE NG AL I TR AN SL AT ION M\!5tfu ~415itjfCQ!~ ~tjt ~'tJ '~< t-M \:)1 ~~ c~ ~m ~, ~f.1 c?l~ ~ 0f6m ~(JlC~ '2tl ~' I~~~~ i~Bl~tcai ~~ 'Sl?l®~Blt ~ ~fG"tC't~ ~ ~ ~ ~, ~~ ~,~l~kq~ ~~ 5a,~a, ~~1~-i ~'6.\tbt~ , ~Mffl ul~ M$Cqi ~~ "1caic~~ ~, to">141C-i-i: I ~ ~~