CLASS 9
NO MEN ARE FOREIGN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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In the Earth
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In the sky
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At our homes
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In the water
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Detailed explanation-1: -What does the poet mean when he says, ‘in which we all shall lie’? Ans: The poet means that we all shall lie under the same earth. Here ‘lie’ means to be buried after death. This is to highlight that all of us have to meet the same fate, sooner or later, hence there is no point in hating each other.
Detailed explanation-2: -The poet means to say in these lines that it is the same land on which we walk and after our death would be buried in the same earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -The central theme of the poem No Men are Foreign revolves around the brotherhood of all humankind. The poet points out that all our boundaries and differences are human-made. Throughout the poem, James Kirkup tries to show the similarities between all humans.
Detailed explanation-5: -Dear Student, Irrespective of our caste, creed, colour, race and nationality, all human beings live on the earth and shall lie buried under it after death.