Kamikaze

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

Kamikaze is a narrative poem. It begins as a kind of report, summarizing another conversation or an overheard story told by someone else.
Sections of the poem are presented in italics as first-person narrative, where the storyteller speaks directly for herself. This has the effect of heightening the sense of sadness she feels.

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

. Written in Free Verse - thousands of emotions
. The poem is structured into ​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 3

Last word

Answer 3

Garland selects the word ​“die”​ as the last word of the poem, which creates a sense of ​futility​ and inevitable fate​: the soldier was destined to die one way or another. The reader is also forced to reflect on their own mortality and life which will end the same way as the soldiers. enjoyment of life and nature.