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प्रश्न
What is the central theme of the poem ‘No men are foreign’?
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उत्तर १
- Introduction:
In this poem “No men are foreign” James Falconer Kirkup discusses the dreams and aspirations of all men. - Theme of the poem:
The theme of the poem ¡s the unity of human race, despite the differences in colour, caste, creed, religion, country, etc. - All are equal:
All human beings are the same. We walk on the human earth and we will be buried under it. Breathing, walking, and lying are the same for every one of us. - Life is common:
We can read and understand the hard work of everyone through their palm lines. We can understand that life is common in every land.] - Never hate our brothers:
When we hate our brothers. We hate ourselves. We deprive, deceive and condemn ourselves when we hate them. The men who fight only pollute the earth waging war against others is like attacking ourselves. - Conclusion:
The poem concludes that we shouldn’t have war, since it is unnatural to fight against ourselves. The poet asks us to remember the people of other countries are not foreign and the other countries are not strange.
उत्तर २
Poem: No men are foreign
Poet: James Falconer Kirkup
Theme: Universal brotherhood
Human beings are the same. We walk on the same land. We will be buried under it. We are related to each other. We all utilize sunlight, air, and water. We live by the food crops of the earth. All have their dreams and aspiration like us. We do the same labour with our hands. We look at the world with the same eyes. We hate ourselves when we hate our brothers. We are similar to each other. We shouldn’t have war and fight against them.
उत्तर ३
- Human beings are the same.
- In the world, all are brothers.
- We live and die on the same earth.
- The sun, air, water are common to all.
- We live by the earth's food crops.
- The land is common to all.
- Love strengthens us.
- During the war, we hate our brothers.
- So, learn to live in peace with all.
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Fill in with a word in each blanks to complete the summary of the poem. Use the help box given below.
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| fake | adversity | hope | life | disgrace | prankster | woman |
| near | faith | optimistic | quitter | thaw | respect | lioness |
| fear | beliefs | self-respect | saw | strength |
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A woman is beauty innate,
A symbol of power and strength.
She puts her life at stake,
She's real, she's not fake!
Give the rhyme scheme for the above lines.
Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.
A silly young cricket accustomed to sing
Through the warm, sunny months of gay summer and spring.
What was the routine of the cricket?
Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.
Away he set off to a miserly ant,
To keep if, to keep him alive, he would grant
Him shelter from rain,
And a mouthful of grain.
Whom did the cricket want to meet? Why?
Based on your understanding of the poem, complete the summary using the phrases given below.
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And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!
Rewrite the given lines with the ending ‘365 days a year.'
Based on the understanding of the poem, read the following lines and answer the questions given below.
They, too, aware of sun and air and water,
Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter started.
- What is common for all of us?
- How are we fed?
- Mention the season referred here?
Based on the understanding of the poem, read the following lines and answer the questions given below.
Our hells of fire and dust outrage the innocence
Of air that is everywhere our own,
Remember, no men are foreign, and no countries strange.
- What outrages the innocence?
- Who are not foreign?
- What is not strange?
Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.
It never grows leaves,
Not in the winter, spring, summer, or fall.
It just sits there never getting small or ever-growing tall.
- What does ‘it’ refer to?
- In what way the tree is a mystery?
