The last stanza before refrain however is like a spirit. It is the way Jackson persuades people to stop making damage in the world. He even tells people that we all are brothers just like in the lyric “you all are my brothers”. Visual imagery then appears in “see the nations turn their swords into plowshares”. Turn their swords into plowshares symbolizes man’s desire to put an end to war and convert the means of destruction into creative tools for the benefit of all mankind. So, it can be concluded that sword is the symbol of war, whereas plowshare is the symbol of is a creative activity to bring family some bread.