a re fo rg i n

No me n

 ANJALI SINGH
GRADE - IX
No Men are Foreign Summary – This poem ‘No Men are Foreign’
is all about human beings. 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. Upon death, people will bury us in this same land. In
addition, we all do work and sleep and wake up, loves, and wants
to love in return for others. But we (human beings) hate each other
and because of this, we live on by hating and fighting with one
another. Further, it is humans who pollute the environment by
taking into consideration its bad impact on other people.
In the beginning, the poet says that ‘no men are strange and no
country is foreign’. So, the poet tries to remove all the borders of
countries from the earth’s surface. Only then no country will be
foreign. Also, when there will be no borders then no county will
be foreign. And we can feel free to move around. In this way, the
entire earth is one and all the people who live on this earth belong
to one human race. Moreover, inside the uniforms of soldiers
from different countries, humans are the same. Because God has
made us all similarly. We all breathe in the same way. 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. He also
says that nature has given them plenty just like he did to us. God has
given everyone equal air, water, and sunlight which means God does
not differentiate. When there is no war, we all do farming. We live a
comfortable life and eat things given by nature. In addition, he points
out that during war and winter we starve and the people of another
country also face the same things. So, the poet wants to say that we
and foreigners of other countries are the same. Further, he says that
they have the same hand as ours, and they work hard like us. The
poet gives all these examples to express the readers that there is no
difference between people of a different country.
Poet asks the reader to remember something. He
further says that keep in mind that God has
bestowed our enemies with a similar appearance to
us. God has given them similar eyes that open and
shut like ours. God has also given them strength
which we can win through love. And on every land
life is the most common thing. Moreover, when we
realize that they are like us, then there will be no
war.
When someone tells us to hate someone of
another country and think then as our enemy
and we do that then we deprive, condemn, and
cheat ourselves. The poet says that we should
stay away from such negativity. During the
war both parties bear losses. This is the reason
why people say the war is not in anyone’s
favor. When we pick any weapon against
someone, we should recall one
thing…………..
When we pick a weapon against anyone
we defile the earth with their blood. As in
war, there is fire, death, and bloodshed.
The dead bodies make the earth impure.
The war pollutes the earth and impures
the air. Lastly, the poet writes the first line
in reverse saying remember, no men are
foreign, and no countries are strange.