short summary on the poem"NO MEN ARE FOREIGN"
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This poem by James Kirkup begins and ends with the same line, with the repetition serving to emphasize the fact that this is the core message of the poem:
Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign.
The subject of this poem is the unity of the human race, despite differences in race, geography or language. All people are "brothers," in that we all walk on the same land and will be buried under it. This comment highlights the poet's point that we are all, ultimately, related, and are all born the same and will die in the same way. Use of language like "uniforms" suggests that even in times of war, the opposing sides would do well to remember that under the uniforms, "a single body breathes."
The poem covers various points of similarity between people from all countries: people have "hands" like ours, they "labour" as we do, and they have "eyes like ours that wake" to see a similar world. Hating other people because they are different, or raising arms against other people, is effectively a condemnation of ourselves: "it is the human earth that we defile."
This poem could be understood as a protest against such issues as racial hatred and warfare, which threaten the peace and safety of human beings in similar ways.
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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