15) Kamikaze: quotes

Question 1

The poem opens with the heroic line “H__ f__ e__ a_ s__”. He was on a “o__-w__ / j__ i__ h__ … b__ h__-w__ t__”.

Answer 1

…“Her father embarked at sunrise”…“one-way / journey into history…but half-way there”.

Question 2

Garland’s subject imagines how the Kamikaze pilot might have looked down and seen “d_- s__ o_ f__ / f__ s__” “l__ a h__ f__”.

Answer 2

…“dark shoals of fishes / flashing silver” “like a huge flag”.

Question 3

Garland’s subject imagines how the Kamikaze pilot remembered “b__ t__ f__ b__ s__ … s__ t_ t__ s__”.

Answer 3

…“bringing their father’s boat safe…safe to the shore”.

Question 4

A tuna fish is described as “t___ d__ p__, m__, d__”.

Answer 4

…“the dark prince, muscular, dangerous”.

Question 5

In the last two stanzas, where the narrative switches to 1st person, the narrator remembers how she and the other children “l__ … t_ l__ a_ t__ / h_ h__ n__ r__” and “n_ l__ e__”.

Answer 5

…“learned…to live as though / he had never returned” and “no longer existed”.

Question 6

Garland raises the question of “w__ h__ b__ t__ b__ w__ t_ d__”.

Answer 6

…“which had been the better way to die”.

Question 7

Give 2 quotes which reveal the heroism associated in Japanese society with Kamikaze missions.

Answer 7

1) “Her father embarked at sunrise” 2) “one-way / journey into history…but half-way there”

Question 8

Give 2 quotes which challenge the heroism associated in Japanese society with Kamikaze missions.

Answer 8

1) “dark shoals of fishes / flashing silver” “like a huge flag” 2) …“the dark prince, muscular, dangerous”
(these will make more sense in the interpretations deck.)

Question 9

Give 2 quotes which suggest the love of nature and family which caused the pilot to turn back.

Answer 9

1) “dark shoals of fishes / flashing silver” “like a huge flag” 2) “bringing their father’s boat safe…safe to the shore”.

Question 10

Give 2 quotes which demonstrate the rejection and shame the pilot received from his family when he returned.

Answer 10

1) “learned…to live as though / he had never returned” and “no longer existed” 2) “which had been the better way to die”