CLASS 9
NO MEN ARE FOREIGN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To fight
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To stay silent
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To look out for loved ones
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To starve
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Detailed explanation-1: -1 Answer. (1) War’s long winter starv’d means wars create such destruction that there is scarcity of everything for a very long time. People are deprived of the things that they need for their life. (2) All over the world people ‘labour’, i.e., carry out work to feed themselves in the same way.
Detailed explanation-2: -What does the poet mean when he says “by war’s long winter starv’d”? Answer: If a war is raging in a country then that country faces the threat of starvation since all agricultural production comes to a halt. Just as there are no crops in winter, war renders a land barren.
Detailed explanation-3: -Solution : The poet says that men from other countries have the same requirements as his own countrymen by saying that they enjoy the same sunlight, breathe the same air and drink the same water. Not only this, they also work hard to earn a living.
Detailed explanation-4: -Q6. Why does the poet call harvests ‘peaceful’ and war as ‘winter’? Ans: Harvests are called ‘peaceful’ because they bring abundance and prosperity and they thrive in peaceful times only. War, on the other hand, is like the severe and harsh ‘winter’ that ruins the crops and starves people.