Peter Roberts "Target Area" is an influential poem that exposes the reality of war. The poem depicts a bombing mission targeting an enemy village, beginning with the entry of the bomber into the target area and ending with its escape. Peter Roberts gives a vivid description of the bombing raid from the perspective of the bombardier. Roberts describes what the bombardier endures, observes, hears, and encounters during the raid. The theme of the poem is …showed first 75 words of 572 total…

…showed last 75 words of 572 total…puffs of sooty black" The reader can then interpret the sentence, imagine a sound and how it would be on board. The poem "Target Area" is primarily a graphic description of a wartime experience. The satisfactory issue about this poem is that you can feel the tension as the searchlights wave across the sky in search of the bomber, undergo the rumbling of the bombs exploding, and experience the relief as they complete their mission.