ICSE Class 9 · English · Treasure Chest
A Doctor's Journal Entry
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for ICSE Class 9 English.
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About the author
Vikram Seth, poem about the Hiroshima bombing (6 August 1945) from a doctor's point of view.
Summary
The doctor notes unusual quiet after the flash.
The doctor notes unusual quiet after the flash.
Patients with burns walk like ghosts; injuries unlike any battle wound.
Patients with burns walk like ghosts; injuries unlike any battle wound.
Buildings flattened; dust and death everywhere.
Buildings flattened; dust and death everywhere.
He tries to help though medicine seems helpless.
He tries to help though medicine seems helpless.
The journal form makes nuclear horror feel immediate and real.
The journal form makes nuclear horror feel immediate and real.
Hard words & meanings
| mangled | badly damaged |
| silence | complete quiet |
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