The persona describes the "memorial museum"(22) with a tone of shock through the next few lines of well thought out language. Images of burning and melting immediately become visible to the mind. The persona chooses to use personification throughout the next two stanzas. "Blistered grass" and "strings of flesh"(24) are a few of the thoughts described by Salter's persona. The vision of melting flesh is communicated through the use of the metaphors in the poem. In addition to the flesh melting, the depiction of "gloves" to "coatsleeves"(23,24) is symbolic of skin hanging off bone and muscle. The horrific actuality of war is envisioned through these words. In the eighth stanza the persona begins to instill the feeling of disbelieving guilt by stating "they should have left it all"(31). Then, switching to the actual belongings left behind by the awful event, the persona notices "the wristwatch of a child" (32). By using these terms, the persona lures the attention back to the certainty of death. In addition, the persona reveals the moment in time the bomb destroyed the people in the town. The persona draws attention to the child's watch by saying "it
The persona describes the "memorial museum"(22) with a tone of shock through the next few lines of well thought out language. Images of burning and melting immediately become visible to the mind. The persona chooses to use personification throughout the next two stanzas. "Blistered grass" and "strings of flesh"(24) are a few of the thoughts described by Salter's persona. The vision of melting flesh is communicated through the use of the metaphors in the poem. In addition to the flesh melting, the depiction of "gloves" to "coatsleeves"(23,24) is symbolic of skin hanging off bone and muscle. The horrific actuality of war is envisioned through these words. In the eighth stanza the persona begins to instill the feeling of disbelieving guilt by stating "they should have left it all"(31). Then, switching to the actual belongings left behind by the awful event, the persona notices "the wristwatch of a child" (32). By using these terms, the persona lures the attention back to the certainty of death. In addition, the persona reveals the moment in time the bomb destroyed the people in the town. The persona draws attention to the child's watch by saying "it