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The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimeters and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters, with four dead and eleven wounded. And around these, in a larger circle of pain and time, two hospitals are scattered and one graveyard. But the young woman who was buried in the city she came from, at a distance of more than a hundred ...
“The Diameter of the Bomb” is a lyric poem written by Yehuda Amichai. It was published in 1976 in his third book of poetry, Time. The poem’s elegant, accessible, and somber style was inspired by Modern poets such as Ted Hughes and W.H. Auden, as well as Amichai’s study of Hebrew literature and the Bible during his childhood and young adulthood.
The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimeters and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters, with four dead and eleven wounded. And around these, in a larger circle of pain and time, two hospitals are scattered and one graveyard.
The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimeters and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters, with four dead and eleven wounded.
Apr 28, 2017 · The diameter of the bomb was 30 centimeters and the diameter of its effective range about 7 meters, with four dead and 11 wounded. And around these, in a larger circle of pain and time, two...
"The Diameter of the Bomb" by Yehuda Amichai describes a bomb with a diameter of thirty centimeters creating circles of destruction that eventually encompass all of earth...
The first line highlights the bomb’s small size by describing it in centimeters; even its effective range is only a few meters, which makes the bomb sound somewhat mundane and even harmless.
