CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie. In this stanza the poet emphasizes the value of universal brotherhood. He tells us why we must not hate our brothers and sisters who live in different countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -After that poet says that all the soldiers are our brothers – as we all walk the same ‘Mother Earth’. And upon death, will bury in the same earth. In the next part, ‘they’ refers to people of other countries. We also fight with them discriminate them and call them foreigners.

Detailed explanation-3: -A brother (PL: brothers or brethren) is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-familial relationships.

Detailed explanation-4: -Whom does the poet refer to as ‘our brothers’ and why? Ans: The poet refers to the people living in other countries as ‘our brothers’. He says so because the superficial dissimilarities of complexion, language, dress, culture and nationality do not, and must not, segregate us as human beings.