Read the excerpt below and answer the question. i am falling impartially on roads and roofs, on bamboo thickets, on people. in these lines from “overhead over s. e. asia,” the word “impartially” suggests

the weapons act without bias

The things that are falling are bombs. The bombs do not care what they hit. They do not have a preference for roads, roofs, thickets, or people. The bombers drop them with a specific target line up, but the bomb does not care what that is. This adds to the overall tone and mood of the poem.