Kamikaze Flashcards

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Quote from Kamikaze to start

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Her father embarked at sunrise

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Quote from kamikaze showing him under spell of Japanese patritoism

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A shaven head,full of powerful incantations

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Similie in kamikaze that shows celebration

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Strung out like bunting on a green-blue translucent sea

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Quote showing flags from kamikaze

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A huge flag waved first one way then the other in a figure of eight

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Quote showing the soldier’s infancy in Kamikaze

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And remembered how he and his brothers built cairns of pearl grey pebbles

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Quote from kamikaze showing the woman talking to her children

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Father’s boat,safe-yes grandfathers boat-safe

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Sibilance in Kamikaze

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To the shore salt shodden awash

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Description of multiple fish and sea creatures in Kamikaze

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Cloud-marked mackerel,
Black feathery prawns,
the loose silver of whitebait and once
a tuna,the dark prince,muscular,dangerous.

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Quote from kamikaze showing him being shunned from the family

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And though he came back
my mother never spoke again
In his presence

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Quote showing propoganda and culture leading to even children not talking to the pilot

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Till gradually we too learned
To be silent

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Quote from last line of Kamikaze

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Which had been the better way to die

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Form/stucture in Kamikaze

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Mainly narrated in 3rd person,reported speech used
Lack of pilots voice shows him being shunned from society
First 5 stanzas form one sentence showing the flowing and freeing nature of flying and his memories
Lack of rhyme scheme adds to conversational tone

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