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Based on your understanding of the poem complete the following by choosing the appropriate words/phrases given in brackets
This poem is about the ______ of all men. The subject of the poem is the ______ race, despite of the difference in colour, caste, creed, religion, country etc. All human beings are same. We walk on the ______ and we will be buried under it. Each and everyone of us are related to the other. We all are born same and die in the same way. We may wear different uniforms like’ ______’ during wars the opposing side will also have the same
______ like ours. We as human do they same labour with ______ and look at the world with the ______ Waging war against others as they belong to a different country is like attacking our own selves. It is the ______ we impair. We all share the same ______ We are similar to each other. So the poet concludes that we shouldn’t have wars as it is ______ to fight against us.
| unity of human, dreams and aspirations, same land, our hands, unnatural, breathing body, same eyes, brotherhood, language, human-earth. |
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Solution
This poem is about the brotherhood of all men. The subject of the poem is the unity of human race, despite of the difference in colour, caste, creed, religion, country etc. All human beings are same. We walk on the same land and we will be buried under it. Each and every one of us are related to the other. We all are born same and die in the same way. We may wear different uniforms like’ language’ during wars the opposing side will also have the same
breathing body like ours. We as human do they same labour with our hands and look at the world with the same eyes Waging war against others as they belong to a different country is like attacking our own selves. It is the dreams and aspirations we impair. We all share the same human earth We are similar to each other. So the poet concludes that we shouldn’t have wars as it is unnatural to fight against us.
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