Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreignBeneath all uniforms

1.	Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreignBeneath all uniforms, a single body breathesLike ours: the land our brothers walk uponIs earth like this, in which we all shall lie.Questions :(1) What does the poet ask us to remember?(2) Identify and explain the Figure of Speech in the line: ‘Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon.’(3) Identify and explain the Figure of Speech in the line: ‘Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.’
Answer» (1) The poet asks us to remember that no man in the whole world is different from us, and we live on the same earth created by God, hence no country is a foreign country We all are inhabitants of the same world. (2) The Figure of Speech in the line: ‘Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon’ is Simile. There is explicit comparison between ‘we’ and ‘other human beings on the earth’ and the word indicating the comparison is ‘like’. (3) The Figures of Speech in the line: ‘Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie’ are : (i) Simile (ii) Euphemism (i) There is explicit comparison between the part of the earth that belongs to us and the part of the same earth on which other human beings live. The identical word of comparison ! is ‘like’. (ii) The part of the line ‘we shall all lie’ refers to ‘death’. Thus the mention of ‘death’ is done by the use of soft or pleasing word ‘lie’. Hence ‘Euphemism’.

Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreignBeneath all uniforms, a single body breathesLike ours: the land our brothers walk uponIs earth like this, in which we all shall lie.Questions :(1) What does the poet ask us to remember?(2) Identify and explain the Figure of Speech in the line: ‘Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon.’(3) Identify and explain the Figure of Speech in the line: ‘Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.’

Answer»

(1) The poet asks us to remember that no man in the whole world is different from us, and we live on the same earth created by God, hence no country is a foreign country We all are inhabitants of the same world.

(2) The Figure of Speech in the line: ‘Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon’ is Simile. There is explicit comparison between ‘we’ and ‘other human beings on the earth’ and the word indicating the comparison is ‘like’.

(3) The Figures of Speech in the line: ‘Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie’ are :

(i) Simile
(ii) Euphemism
(i) There is explicit comparison between the part of the earth that belongs to us and the part of the same earth on which other human beings live. The identical word of comparison ! is ‘like’.
(ii) The part of the line ‘we shall all lie’ refers to ‘death’. Thus the mention of ‘death’ is done by the use of soft or pleasing word ‘lie’. Hence ‘Euphemism’.

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