Question

Q.1 Read the lines and answer the following questions:
“Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie”
i. Name the poet.
ii. Who are „brothers‟ in the poem? iii. Explain the line‟in which we shall lie‟.
iv. "Beneath all uniforms..." What uniforms do you think the poet is speaking about?
v. How does the poet suggest that all people on Earth are the same?
Q.2 In stanza 1, ind five ways in which we are all alike. Pick out the words.
(Chapter- No Men are Foreign)
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Answer 1

i. James Kirkup

ii. Soldiers

iii. The poet says that at the end of our respective lives, we all shall lie buried in the same earth. He means to draw our attention to the common fate that awaits us regardless of our nationality.

iv. Uniforms that soldiers wear during war.

v. In this poem, the poet suggest that all people on earth are the same because all breathe the same air. No one can be grouped in anyway. The sun, the land, the water and the plants are all for everyone. At the end, all shall meet the same fate, and be buried under the same earth.

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