Can you me check my answers ! 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.