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i) 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

ii) Metaphor

 Stanza 1 - Uniform refers to the military of different countries
 Stanza 2 – wars time is compared to the winter season

iii) 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

iv) Enjambment - running lines of poetry from one line to the next without
using any kind of punctuation to indicate a stop. Instances of
enjambment in the poem are as follows-

 Stanza 1 – line 2, 3 and 4
 Stanza 2 – line 3 and 3
 Stanza 3 – line 1, 2, and 3

 Stanza 4 – line 1 and 2
 Stanza 5 – Line 2 and 3

Summary

The poem ‘No Men Are Foreign’ begins and ends with the same
line- ‘Remember no men are strange, no countries foreign’ as the
poet wants to emphasize on the fact that all the people living on
this Earth are the same and that we have created distinctions by
erecting borders and fences, different languages, etc. While we are
alive, we walk on the same Earth and upon our death, we will lie in
our graves in the same earth. He draws another similarity that we
all enjoy good food during peace and starve during war and in
winter time. We all have similar hands which we use to do a lot of
hard work. All of us have eyes which remain open when we are
awake and close when we are asleep. He reminds the reader that
whenever we hate someone, we cheat and hate ourselves. Also,
when we pick up weapons against someone, we pollute the Earth