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NO MEN ARE FOREIGN, BY, , JAMES KIRKUP
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Thinking about the Poem, 1. (a) Beneath all uniforms." What uniforms, do you think the poet is speaking about?, , Ans: By the phrase, 'Beneath all uniform" the, poet is speaking about 'uniforms' of different, , nations, castes, creeds, the follower of, different religious path., , (b), , How does the, , poet suggest that all people, , on earth are the same?, Ans: The, , poet exhibits that all the people, , living on the Earth are brothers. There is, nothing which can make them strange from, one, , another. Even though people of different, , nationalities look different from the, , outside
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speaks different languages, following, different religious path, even then we all as a, human beings share. We have the same body,, the same needs and moreover we equally feel, , pleasure and pain. We live in this Earth, share, the same land from where we get the same, , resources like food. Looking at the, , above-mentioned reasons it is clearly, established that we all are equal and same., , 2. In stanza 1, find five ways in which we all, are, , alike. Pick out the words, , Ans. In Stanza 1, the poet has mentioned a, , few of the ways, in which we all are alike., , They are mentioned, , below., , () No men are strange., (i) No countries are foreign.
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(ii) A single body breathes beneath all, uniforms., , (ii) The land is the same everywhere., , (w), , The land where we all shall, , lie, is also the, , same., , 3. How many common features can you find, in stanza 2? Pick out the words., , Ans: Following common features can be, found in stanza 2:, , () They, too, are aware of sun, air and water., ) They are fed by peaceful harvests.s 18, , ii) They also starve in the war's long winter., , (iv) Their hands are like ours., , (v) They do the same labour not different
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from our own., , 4., , "... Whenever, , we are, , told to hate our, , brothers.." When do you think, , this happens?, , Why? Who tells', , do, , told, , at, , us? Should, , we, , as we are, , such times? What does the, poet say?, , Ans: It is, , a, , common human, , tendency to hate, , others whenever someone dles, anything, wrong to other people. Again, in a situation, like when the countries are at, war with, another country, people hate their, , brothers, , because we, war, , are, , told to do, , so., , Countries wage, , 518, against other countries over reasons, like, , territories, natural, , resources, , very little issue which, , can, , be, , or over, , some, , peacefully, , A
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solved., , People With some superior motive, , provoke us to hate and fight each other., We should, , never act as we are, , told., , Instead, we should remain peaceful and, , should always remember that we all are, similar to each other. While hating our, , brothers, we hate our selves., The poets that all human are brothers, and sisters. We should love them all., , 2011