Tagore shows in the poem "Freedom" that he would like his country, India, to be free from colonial rule. He does this by addressing his poem to his "motherland." He speaks to the Indian nation as a whole. It is the entire country he wants to free, not an individual or small group. He is patriotic in attempting to express to his fellow Indians the mindset that they need to develop.

He tells his audience the attributes that they, the Indian people, must nurture to become free. His fellow countrymen have to create conditions within themselves that will lay the foundations for a free state. This mindset include freeing themselves from fear. It means having a clear vision rather than being "blind" about the "call of the future." It means his countrymen must awaken and start trusting the adventure of pursuing freedom. It also means giving up "brainless" living in which the colonial masters are in control.