NCERT - Beehive

Book: NCERT - Beehive

Chapter: 6. My Childhood

Subject: English - Class 9th

Q. No. 2 of No Men are Foreign - Thinking about the Poem

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In Stanza I, find five ways in which we all are alike. Pick out the words.

The following are the five ways in which we all are alike:

(1) Each of us has a similar body.


(2) All of us breathe.


(3) All of us walk.


(4) All of us lie.


(5) We live and die on the same earth.


Chapter Exercises

Thinking about the Text
Thinking about Language
No Men are Foreign - Thinking about the Poem

More Exercise Questions

1

"Beneath all uniforms..." What uniforms do you think the poet is speaking about?
1

How does the poet suggest that all people on the earth are the same?
2

In Stanza I, find five ways in which we all are alike. Pick out the words.
3

How many common features can you find in stanza 2? Pick out the words.
4

“...Whenever we are told to hate our brothers...” When do you think this happens? Why? Who “tells” us? Should we do as we are told, at such times? What does the poet say?

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