The poem offers a series of snapshots of the horrors of an atom bomb, as observed by the narrator. Note that he himself is a victim. Yet his mental faculties remain alert and alive. Pick out a few snapshots that bring out the horrors of an atom bomb's use.
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1. The world collapsed in timber and debris
2. They stumbled upon the head of a man in the street
3. A house collapsed before their eyes
4. Fire sprang up in the dust
5. Shadowy form of people; “We’re ghosts, some scarecrows, all were wordless dumb”
6. “Arms stretched out, shoulder to dangling hand”
7. Some strange thing that stripped us our clothes
8. The silence was common to us all
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