1Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
2Where knowledge is free
3Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
4By narrow domestic wallsMetaphorRefers to the barriers of caste, class, religion, and prejudice that divide society.
5Where words come out from the depth of truth
6Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
7Where the clear stream of reasonMetaphorReason is compared to a clean, flowing stream of fresh water, representing clarity and logic. has not lost its way
8Into the dreary desert sand of dead habitMetaphor / AlliterationSuperstition and old traditions are compared to a dry, lifeless desert. Alliteration in 'dreary desert' and 'dead habit'.
9Where the mind is led forward by thee
10Into ever-widening thought and action
11Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.