Attempt a summary of the poem 'No men foreign'
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The poem details why it is wrong to hate others based on differences such as race, culture, or geography. The speaker goes through points of how all people are similar and part of the brotherhood of man. By the poem's end, the speaker mentions war and how unnatural it is because it is fighting against ourselves.This poem is set in the arena of the human mind. The human mind is very susceptible to being manipulated. No child is aware of xenophobia (that is, the fear of foreigners) from birth. This fear is in fact instilled into the human mind as the child grows older and reaches adulthood. This fear is instilled by military and religious groups. The poet’s attack is directed specifically against the armies of nations that fight with other nations on the basis of wanting ownership over disputed lands. He says that such armies teach us to hate people who have been descended from the same ancestors as us, and who are therefore our own brothers. By being manipulated through the brain-washing techniques of such armies, we end up endangering the survival of the human species on earth and the very destruction of the world as we know it. That is why the poet encourages readers to push xenophobia out of their minds.
The poem 'No Men Are Foreign' has a message that everybody on the earth is same. The author appeals for universal friendship and understanding among people through the current poem containing five stanzas. In every stanza, he promotes equality and through the thread of equality, he concludes with an appeal for universal brotherhood In the very first stanza, he asks us to remember that no man and country are strange and foreign. We wear different dresses but fundamentally we all breathe equally. We walk on the same land. Even we shall lie in the same land when we die There is nobody ignorant about the natural elements. We all feed on crops and starve during wars. All palms and lines therein are equal. We all labour equally. We dream and wake up equally. When we are equal in all respects, why should we fight and kill one another? By this sinful act, we harm ourselves. We ruin or despoil our own earth, and pollute our own air.
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