Question

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.”
i) Name the poem and the poet.
a) No Men Are Foreign by James Kinley b) All Men Are Foreign by John Kirkup c) Foreign Lands by R.L. d) No Men Are Foreign by James Kirkup
ii) Who are ‘they’ in the above lines?
a) the soldiers who fight. b) people of Northland.c) the farmers who grow crops for us.d) the human beings all over the world.
iii) What does ‘war’s long winter starv’d’ mean in the above stanza? a) winter is too harsh to.b) starve to death in times of war c) war kills people d) long wars destroy countries
iv) Which poetic device has been used in the following line: ‘Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starv’d.’
a) Assonance b) Simile
c) Metaphor d) Anaphora ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

i) no men are foreigners poet James kirkup

ii) the human beings all over the world.

iii) winter is too harsh to

iv) metaphor