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defile : make something impure
outrage : a very wrong or cruel act

starved : to go without food

long winter : winter which lasts for a long time;
here it suggests hardship and
suffering

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c1 answer the following questions and share your responses with
your partner :
1. What does the poet remind us of in the first line of the poem?

2. What, according to the poet, are we doing when we hate
others?
3. What are the two bad effects of war? Read lines 16 to 19 and
answer.

Read and Write :
Read and discuss your responses with your partner. Then write.
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1. How do you think we are all treated alike by nature?

2. Read the third stanza carefully. What message does the poet
want to convey to us?
3. Do you agree with the poet that we should wage no war? How
do you justify that?

4. Some are of the opinion that the poet might have written this
poem after witnessing the bad effects of the Second World War.
Mention some of the lines in the poem to support that opinion.

5. Briefly describe how a war spoils everything.

suggested Reading : My Greatest Olympic Prize - Jesse Owens

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