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Based on the understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon.
Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.

  1. What is found beneath all uniforms?
  2. What is same for every one of us?
  3. Where are we all going to lie finally?
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Solution

  1. Human body is found beneath all uniforms.
  2. The earth we walk upon is the same for every one of us.
  3. We are all going to lie beneath the earth.
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Chapter 6.2: No Men Are Foreign - Exercise [Page 180]

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Chapter 6.2 No Men Are Foreign
Exercise | Q 1 | Page 180

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