Kamikaze

Question 1

poet

Answer 1

beatrice Garland

Question 2

Her father embarked at sunrise

Answer 2

japan is the land of the sun (flag)
verb suggest new beginning, it’s ironic because it is sopposed to be your end

Question 3

samurai sword

Answer 3

sibilance
symbol of japanese honour and military service , context shame to be captured, passed on from geneations, tradition

Question 4

a shaven head
full of powerful incantations

Answer 4

ready to be sacrificed, pure.
patriotism and propaganda,Not making his own
decisions

Question 5

what is the prospective

Answer 5

readers see wat through the eyes of one left behind, someone trying to understand motivations of father
daughter’s perspective in the third person so
sense of detachment which reflects the distance the speaker feels from her father’s life as she
grew up not knowing him.

Question 6

structure

Answer 6

tightly controlled stanza lengths of 6 lines, which perhaps
reflects the order and obedience expected of a soldier.
● This structure is juxtaposed and undermined by the free verse and enjambment

Question 7

contrast between enjambant (freedom) and strict stanza structure suggests and symbolises

Answer 7

that her father had his own desires even tough strict japanese control and traditions.
conflict between military commitment and cultural pride, and desire for life and freedom.

Question 8

free verse and enjambment could also show that he…

Answer 8

starting to doubt his obedience and realised he wants to pursue the freedom without restrictions from gov. This reminds the reader,
and perhaps society, that the soldiers are still individual

Question 9

“die”

Answer 9

last word of poem, sense of futility and
inevitable fate. reader thinks about own life, at end will die like the soldier did

Question 10

what is the conclusion about patriotism and conflict

Answer 10

destroyes freedom.
denies humanity the enjoyment of life and nature.

Question 11

theme of conflict between identities

Answer 11

kamikaze and “her father”
soldier vs human
reaaders see conflicting roles of the man; he can either live with his family or die for his country.
The sad irony that in choosing his family he is ultimately rejected by them

Question 12

patriotic imagery

Answer 12

“her father embarked at sunrise”
“like a huge flag”.( within nature)

Question 13

Roles of Soldier vs Father

Answer 13

start transition is shown
HIs death would have given him eternal glory in the eyes of society, however through choosing life his honour has metaphorically died.

Question 14

conflict impacts 4…

Answer 14

generations.
conflict has a far reaching effect

Question 15

shift in narrative perspective

Answer 15

into first person to show her personal
experience of war and its effects

Question 16

“cloud-marked” and “feathery”

Answer 16

these adj have angelic and heavenly connotations which suggest that whilst the father has rejected death, the concept of it is now present forever in the family’s life.

Question 17

like a huge flag”.

Answer 17

This simile shows that the father and his family
are indoctrinated by Japanese culture and
societal norms which is why he believes dying is
the right thing to do (patriotism within nature)

Question 18

“shoals of fishes
flashing silver as their bellies
swivelled towards the sun”

Answer 18

Sibilance implies a sense of grace and
peacefulness, as well as suggesting an elegant and
graceful tone, also works to increase the pace to
make the poem sound more emotional.

Question 19

green-blue
translucent sea

Answer 19

Connotations of peace and tranquillity in the colour
imagery. Doesn’t want to deny himself – nor those
he will kill – the beauty of nature and the beauty of
life. Associating nature with precious possessions

Question 20

” he
and his brothers waiting on the shore”

Answer 20

leaving family to provide was required by society. can be argued that he returned to them, selfless reason, rather then fear of death

Question 21

“never”“nor”no”never returned”silent” no longer the father we loved”

Answer 21

semantic field of negative language asserts the pilot’s loss of respect+ honour as a consequence of his action

Question 22

“as tough he no longer existed”

Answer 22

cruel simile it suggests physically survives but dead to the community and society he returned to

Question 23

which had been the better way to die

Answer 23

this dilemma contrasts start of mission
purpose at start vs doubt at end
rapresents nation vs nobody

Question 24

safe x2

Answer 24

repition is ironic, past was safe but present mission is

Question 25

juxtaposition of mission of fishing

Answer 25

even a positive mission, providing for family, death is present, fishes destroyed. thre father completes it he doesn’t

Question 26

what do the ayphenated asides do

Answer 26

more verisimilitude, add realism, intimate and personal

Question 27

what does chronological confusion do

Answer 27

connects generations
shows impact on past into present
past needs to be understood
chaous of events