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Name: James Kirkup
Occupation: Poet, writer, playwright and traveller.
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Journalism
DOB: 23 April, 1918
DOD: 10 May, 2009

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The central theme of the poem 'No Men are Foreign' revolves around the brotherhood of all humankind. The poet points out that all our boundaries and differences are human-made. Throughout the poem, James Kirkup tries to show the similarities between all humans.

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The poet conveys a deep message from the poem No Men Are Foreign. He conveys the message of universal brotherhood.He explains that no men are foreign and strange.All are alike and are the sons of the same God . Every other person just breather like us as we do.Everyone starves during war, everyone celebrates during peace and harmony.So, differentiation between people on the basis of their colour, religion, nation, creed, caste is totally wrong.Thus, No men are foreign and no men are strange.

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1. Rhyme Scheme – The entire poem is written in free verse. There is no rhyme scheme in the poem.

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2. Alliteration: The repetition of a consonant sound in two or more closely placed words is called alliteration. The instances of alliteration in the poem are –

Stanza 1 – Body, breathes ‘b’ sound is repeated

Stanza 2 – war’s, winter ‘w’ sound is repeated

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3. Metaphor

Stanza 1 – Uniform refers to the military of different countries

Stanza 2 – wars time is compared to the winter season

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4. Repetition: It is used in the entire poem.

‘Remember’ word is repeated 5 times in this poem.

‘Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign’ is repeated in stanza 1 and stanza 5

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1. We all have the same father: GOD
2. We should believe in universal brotherhood.
3. We have a common right to earth.
4. We must not treat ourselves as the citizens of a particular country but be citizens of the world.
5. We should not support narrow nationalism.
6. Stop wars and live peacefully.