Free classics · 1912
Gitanjali
Rabindranath Tagore
The prose poems that won Tagore the Nobel Prize, in his own English translation.
- to read
- 1 h
- to read
- at 20 min a day
- 4 days
- at 20 min a day
- public domain
- Free
- public domain
What it’s about
Gitanjali means “song offerings”. Its 103 short poems speak to God, to nature and to the reader, simply and directly.
Each poem takes a minute or two to read, which makes it perfect for a few lines a day.
- Devotion
- Freedom
- Nature
“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high”
Why people stop, and how to finish
Poetry can feel hard to start, and reading many poems in a row blurs them.
What helps: One poem a day, read twice. Many readers know poem 35 by heart.
At 20 minutes a day you’ll reach the last page in about 4 days.
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