No Men Are Foreign
Title
THEME
The title of this poem is "No Men are foreign" which symbolizes that means that no men belong to another country.
Rhyme Scheme
There is no rhyme scheme
The poet wants to say that all men are same, all men are equal.
Written in free/blank verse
He wants to promote the concept of universal brotherhood. In this poem, the poet wants to tell us that everyone in this world is same.
All people, all men are same – they eat, live, die the same way. Everyone gets the bounties of nature like, sunshine, land etc in equal measure.
Tone
'Equality of mankind'
Structure
5 Quatrains
Written in free verse
Quatrains are stanzas of 4 lines each
No set rhyme scheme
Oneness of mankind despite all the differences
The poet proposes all men and women are brothers and sisters
'Warning'.... To whom?
To those who are fighting with others in the name of the country and other superficial reasons
Literary Devices
Metaphor
Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
war's long winter starv'd
Alliteration
body breathes
or sleep, and strength