Question

D.1. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:

1.A. They, too, aware of sun and air and water,
Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war's long winter starvd.
Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read
Alabour not different from our own.
1. who does they refer to
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Answer 1

Explanation:

The poet is making an impassioned plea telling readers to give up extreme nationalism and perceived differences between people belonging to different nations. We are brothers because we inhabit the same planet, drink the same water and breathe the same air, but we feel different and behave like enemies at times. The poet wants us to give up our misplaced patriotism and live in universal brotherhood.