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Kaveri
A Friend Found in Music
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1
Medium
What does the poem suggest about barriers between people?
AThey are impossible to overcome
BOnly travel can overcome them
CMusic can transcend and dissolve them
DEducation alone can bridge them
2
Medium
The poem's description of music as a 'friend found' implies that:
AThe poet literally discovered a music CD
BMusic is something one discovers and recognises as a lifelong companion
CFriends are usually found through music lessons
DThe poet had lost music and then found it again
3
Medium
What poetic device is prominently used with the word 'Remember' at the start of several lines?
ASimile
BAnaphora
CMetaphor
DOnomatopoeia
4
Easy
What does the phrase 'no men are strange' in the poem's final stanza mean?
AAll men behave the same way
BNo human being should be regarded as alien or other — we are all fundamentally the same
CStrange men should not be trusted
DOnly strange men start wars
5
Hard
The title 'No Men Are Foreign' uses a negative construction. What is the rhetorical effect of stating the message negatively rather than positively (e.g., 'All Men Are Brothers')?
AThe negative construction is weaker than a positive statement
BUsing negation directly challenges and refutes the idea of foreignness — it is more argumentative and confrontational than a positive assertion
CIt suggests the poet is uncertain about his message
DNegative sentences are harder to understand, creating suspense
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