CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -They, too, aware of sun and air and water, Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starv’d. A labour not different from our own. Explanation of the Poem: ‘They’ refers to those people who belong to other countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -Summary of No Men are Foreign Also, it tells that every human being that lives on this earth are brothers and are same. Moreover, we all have some kind of body and needs sun, air, water, and clothes to cover us. We all walk the land and feed ourselves with the harvest of this earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Answer: The poet proposes to win over other countries through the divine force of love. It is a universal fact that this world responds positively to love and kindness. So the poet plans to use it to end all hatred and war and create peaceful heaven on earth. 16.