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Does the narrator know what exactly has caused a suffering of such magnitude? Why/Why not?

Probably, he might know that the war has caused all those destruction and pains. In the opening lines, the narrator debated that the roof was lit by magnesium flakes. Magnesium flakes are used in the war. It is an anti-war poem and the poet presents the horrific pictures of death and destruction in the lines.


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What different feelings are conveyed through the poem. Put a tick mark () against all the right words.


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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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What kind of a person is the narrator? List some of the qualities that you see in him and pick out relevant parts from the poem to support your answer.

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As the narrator of the poem, pick up from where the poem ends with "Silence was common to us all," and narrate what happened after that in the form of a journal entry. Write your answer in about 150 to 200 words. You could include details of what happened to your wife, colleagues, friends etc.