Question

hey, too, aware of sun and air and water,
Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starv’d.
Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read A labour not different from our own.
Name the poem and poet of the given stanza.
Who does ‘they’ refer to ?
What leaves the author’s countrymen as well as people of other countries starving ?
What does the author mean by ‘A labour not different from our own​

Answer 1

${\large{\text{\underline{Given :}}}}$

$\textsf{They, too, aware of sun and air and water,}\\ \textsf{Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starv’d.}\\\textsf{Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read}\\\textsf{A labour not different from our own. }$

${\large{\text{\underline{To Find :}}}}$

1. Name of poet and poem of given stanza
2.  Who does 'they' refers to ?
3. What leaves the author's countrymen as well as people of other countries starving ?
4. What does the author mean by 'A labour not different from our own' ?

${\large{\text{\underline{Required answer :}}}}$

1. The name of the poem is ‘No Men Are Foreign’ and the name of the poet is ‘James Falconer Kirkup ’
2. ‘They’ refers to the people of countries other than ours, whom we consider as strangers.
3. The starvation caused due to the unproductive and harsh winter.
4. This expression means that the hard work done by the people who live in other countries is not different in any way from the one that we do. All of us have to toil and work hard in a similar way for survival.

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${\large{\text{\underline{About the poem :}}}}$

• Read on the poem to know why we mustn’t hate our brethren because they belong to a different country or speak a different language.
• The poet reminds us of that how all people are similar and part of the brotherhood of men.
• By the end of the poem we get to know how it is unnatural to fight against ourselves.

${\large{\text{\underline{About the poet :}}}}$

• James Falconer Kirkup (1918-2009)born James Harold Kirkup, was an English poet, translator and travel writer.
• He wrote over 30 books, including autobiographies, novels and plays.
• Kirkup wrote his first book of poetry, The Drowned Sailor at the Downs, which was published in 1947.
• His home town of South Shields now holds a growing collection of his works in the Central Library, and artefacts from his time in Japan are housed in the nearby Museum.
• His last volume of poetry was published during the summer of 2008 by Red Squirrel Press, and

Answer 2

Answer:

Given :

\begin{gathered}\textsf{They, too, aware of sun and air and water,}\\ \textsf{Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starv’d.}\\\textsf{Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read}\\\textsf{A labour not different from our own. }\end{gathered}

They, too, aware of sun and air and water,

Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starv’d.

Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read

A labour not different from our own.

{\large{\text{\underline{To Find :}}}}

To Find :

Name of poet and poem of given stanza

Who does 'they' refers to ?

What leaves the author's countrymen as well as people of other countries starving ?

What does the author mean by 'A labour not different from our own' ?

{\large{\text{\underline{Required answer :}}}}

Required answer :

The name of the poem is ‘No Men Are Foreign’ and the name of the poet is ‘James Falconer Kirkup ’

‘They’ refers to the people of countries other than ours, whom we consider as strangers.

The starvation caused due to the unproductive and harsh winter.

This expression means that the hard work done by the people who live in other countries is not different in any way from the one that we do. All of us have to toil and work hard in a similar way for survival.

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{\large{\text{\underline{About the poem :}}}}

About the poem :

Read on the poem to know why we mustn’t hate our brethren because

they belong to a different country or speak a different language.

The poet

reminds us of that how all people are similar and part of the brotherhood

of men.

By the end of the poem we get to know how it is unnatural to fight

against ourselves.

{\large{\text{\underline{About the poet :}}}}

About the poet :

James Falconer Kirkup (1918-2009)born James Harold Kirkup, was an English poet, translator and travel writer.

He wrote over 30 books, including autobiographies, novels and plays.

Kirkup wrote his first book of poetry, The Drowned Sailor at the Downs, which was published in 1947.

His home town of South Shields now holds a growing collection of his works in the Central Library, and artefacts from his time in Japan are housed in the nearby Museum.

His last volume of poetry was published during the summer of 2008 by Red Squirrel Press, and