A Doctor's Journal Entry for August 6 Questions and Answers

“My mind ran at high speed, my body crept behind” — Which of the following lines contains the same literary device as the one in the lines given above? a) All the world’s a stage b) death, be not proud […]

What startled the narrator in Vikram Seth’s poem “A Doctor’s Journal Entry”? What was his initial reaction?

Is the poem ‘A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945’ an anti-war poem? / What is the poet’s message in this poem? / What is the theme of the poem?

From “A Doctor’s Journal Entry” by Vikram Seth

In the poem there is not a single time where it is said that the person is a doctor except of some minor hints and the title of the poem. So how can you be sure that the speaker is […]

Show the similarities between the poems ‘Small Pain in My Chest’ by Michael Mack and ‘A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945’ by Vikram Seth.

What are the differences between the two anti-war poems Small Pain in My Chest by Michael Mack and A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 by Vikram Seth?

Is Vikram Seth’s poem A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 a Dramatic Monologue? Give reasons for your answer.

Doctor’s journal entry 6th august 1945

In the poem A Doctors Journal entry for august 6 1945 by Vikram Seth, the narrator saw some people with their ‘arms stretched straight out’. Why were they so?