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Wislawa Szymborska the polish poet who is well known for her relatability to the reader's conscience through her literary work was granted with the Literature Nobel prize in 1996. In her poem "The Terrorist, He is Watching" she captures the theme violence in the de humanized world. And in a very authentic way she related the true sene of terrorism to us. As the setting of the poem she has choosen a bar where in general innocent ordinary people are seemed to be crowded. So the terrorist has alredy set the bomb in the bar who is optunistic to accomplish his target of undergone confusion among the general public. In order to emphasize the theme more relatable , the poetess has emerged with different types of techniquesin the poem. So let's pay attention to what were Wislawa's skills of using appropriate techniques. With the usage of an ambiguous and suggestive title" The Terrorist, He is Watching" has increased the curiosity in readers mind. Apart from that when enjoying the poem she has managed to mention the time frequently by highlighting it. The bomb in the bar wil explode at thirteen twenty Now it just thirteen sixteen Thirteen twenty minus ten seconds Sometimes she mentioned the time in minutes but when it comes to seconds it heightens the tension and evokes the scary nature towords the terrorism.Now it is more obvious that Wislawa has used countdown technique to build up the tension and urgancy of the situation. And from the beginning Szymborska has subjected the de humanized terrorist to an irony as he has already crossed the street after setting the bomb in the bar and impatiently watching the whole incident until his task is accomplished. The terrorist has already crossed the street The distance keep him out of danger What a view just like a movie In the above stanza the poetess used a simile by comparing this tragedy to a movie in the thoughts of the terrorist. So this technique has applied a cinematic effect to the poem. And in some instances Wislawa questioned us to emphasize the theme that our fate or destiny decide that we are going to live or die. Was she that dumb did she go in or not? Inclusion of a rhetorical quetion in here hightlighs the girl who is with a green ribbon life is decided under the fact of destiny. And no one apart from it is not able to In addition to that she has inserted various types of imagery to convey the massage of tragic violence. Through the views appears on the eyes of the narrater and the terrorist vivid picture of the appearance of the general public is expressed. A women in yellow jacket she is going A man in dark glassws he is coming out Teenagers in jeans they are talking This stanza proves the poetess, ability regarding the usage of visual imagery inside the poem to wooven the characters and behaviour of these ordinary uninformed public who is going to be the victims of the violence. And used these victims to symbolise different types of social states and different ages which depicts that nothing is considered for the eligibility for death. Afterall in the last stanza at thirtern twenty bomb explosion was much more relative to readers as the auditory imagery is acivated. Any second now No not yet Yes now The bomb it explodes Through the word explodes readers begin to feel that bomb has exploded with a heavy voice and the tragedy has brought death to the ordinary innocent people. When considering these facts it is much more confirmed that Wislawa Szymborska has used her pen in an appropriate way to express the themes such as violence , de humanization which are coming along with the terrorism activated in the contemporary society.

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