Notes of Class 9, English Poem - No Men Are Foreign - Study Material
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Question 1., , 1. “Beneath all uniforms...” What uniforms do, you think the poet is speaking about?, , 2. How does the poet suggest that all people, on earth are the same?, , Answer:, , 1. The poet speaks about the various dresses, that people of various countries wear but, beneath them, the human body is same., , 2. The poet says that nobody is different and, peculiar. No country is foreign. A single body, breathes beneath all uniforms. Moreover, the, land is the same everywhere.
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Question 2., , In stanza 1, find five ways in which we all are alike., Pick out the words., , Answer:, , In the first stanza the poet says that there is no, difference between the body of a citizen of one, country and the citizen of another country. We, have same kind of body; we wear same kind of, clothes. We walk on the same planet, and the end, of each individual is the same.
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Question 3., , How many common features can you find in, stanza 2? Pick out the words., , Answer:, , The following common features are given in the, stanzas:, , 7. sun, , 2. air, , 3. water,, , 4. Peaceful harvests required for human, survival, , 5. same hands
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Question 4., , “_.. whenever we are told to hate our brothers...”, When do you think this happens? Why? Who ‘tells’, us? Should we do as we are told at such times, What does the poet say?, , Answer:, , Sometimes some Selfish people instigate the, innocent to harm others. They do it for their own, benefit. The common or ordinary man does not, understand their tricks and starts hating his fellow, human beings. They tell them to cause riots. The, poet says that one should not follow anybody's, advice without brooding over it. The poet, repeatedly says that there is no difference in them, and the foreigners. The people of the entire world, are the same.
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Question 1., , What message does the poet want to convey?, Answer:, , The poet wants to say that there should be no, discrimination between people on the basis of, their appearance, religion or region. It is inhuman, to tease one because of one's different, background. The poet wants that the people, should discourage this malpractice and love their, fellow human beings from the bottom of their, heart., , Question 2., , How does the poet prove that there are no foreign, countries?, , Answer:, , The poet proves it with the help of nature., Everyone shares the same sun, earth and air. They, have the same body structure and its functioning, elements. So there should be no biased attitude, towards anyone.