A Doctor's Journal Entry for August 6,1945
ICSE · Class 10 · English Literature-Treasure Chest ( Poems and Short Stories)
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What to Focus On
- Vikram Seth is the poet of the poem.
- He was born in Calcutta on 20 June 1952.
- He studied at The Doon School in Dehradun.
- The verse form is heroic couplets.
- The meter is iambic pentameter.
- The poem has rhyming couplets.
- The poem moves from calm to destruction very quickly.
- The doctor and Yecko-san are both injured.
- A dead man crushed by a gate lies in the street.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
The poem describes the bombing itself in a loud, action-filled way.
The narrator is Vikram Seth himself.
Yecko-san is a nurse or another survivor, not the doctor’s wife.
Memory Tips
The poem is an anti-war poem
The poem is written in first-person journal-entry narrative
The opening line shows irony
The phrase 'wondering what had come to pass' shows understatement
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