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. part a what is a theme of this poem? truth and knowledge are found through freedom to think. free thinking often leads to rebellion. the truth exists in many forms. knowledge in the wrong hands can be dangerous. part b which technique does the author use to develop the theme described in part a? he repeats the word “into” to show a contrast between free countries and those who restrict self-expression. he ridicules those who are unable to think for themselves. he repeats the word “where” to convey his vision of a world in which people are able to express themselves. he compares the restriction of free thinking to a river that has gone off course.