CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

NO MEN ARE FOREIGN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“Like ours:the land our brothers walk upon”-What does ‘land’ mean here?
A
The war front
B
Farmland
C
Country
D
Mother Earth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: 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. Through these lines the poet tell us that we do all our activities on the same land.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: figure of speech is metaphor.

Detailed explanation-3: -In this poem, the poet suggest that all people on earth are the same because all breathe the same air. No one can be grouped in anyway. The sun, the land, the water and the plants are all for everyone. At the end, all shall meet the same fate, and be buried under the same earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The people who live in countries other than ours have been referred to as our brothers because basically, we all have similar emotions, hopes, joys and sorrows. Explanation: The poet says that at the end of our respective lives, we all shall lie buried in the same earth. Explore all similar answers.

Detailed explanation-5: -➡God has made all of us in a similar way. All breathe in the same way. Then he says that all the soldiers are our brothers – we all walk upon the same ‘Mother Earth’ and upon our death, shall lie in the grave in the same Earth.

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