(a) Explain: ‘hells of fire and dust’. (b) Explain: ‘the innocence of air’.

Question

Based on the understanding of the poem, read the following lines and answer the questions given below 

Our hells of fire and dust outrage the innocence  

Of air that is everywhere our own,  

Remember, no men are foreign, and no countries strange

(a) Explain: ‘hells of fire and dust’. 

(b) Explain: ‘the innocence of air’.

Answer 1

(a) ‘Hells of fire and dust’ stands for the devastation created and caused by the arms and ammunition used in wars. The dust and smoke thus caused pollute the very air we breathe. 

(b) ‘Innocence of air’ means the freshness and purity of air that nature has blessed us with. It also indicates the innocence of the human mind.