CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -(ii) Throughout the poem, the poet pin points the underlying similarity between all human beings. He says that though people may wear different uniforms, they all are same.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: (i) The poet is probably speaking about the uniforms that the soldiers wear at the time of war. The word “uniform” here could also mean the traditional dresses of a country. (ii) The poet suggests that all people on earth are the same as they breathe, buried, wake, sleep, hate, love and labour.

Detailed explanation-3: -What does the poet mean by ‘uniforms’ in the poem? Answer: ‘Uniform’ in the poem means the clothes that we humans wear. In other words, it also refers to the uniform worn by the soldiers. Uniform represents equality irrespective of who we are.

Detailed explanation-4: -(d) What is the irony in uniform? Answer: Uniform implies a dress, costume or identification code that is similar to a group or organisation. But because every nation has a different uniform, the world remains divided rather than united. Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign.

Detailed explanation-5: -The title-‘No men are Foreign’ means that the no men belong to another country. The poet wants to say that all men are same, all men are equal. He wants to promote the concept of universal brotherhood. In this poem, the poet wants to tell us that everyone in this world is same.