Kamikaze Flashcards
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Key quotations
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Shoals of fishes flashing silver
This was no longer the father we loved
which had been the better way to die
journey into history but half way there
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Summary
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The poem is about a failed Kamikaze pilot and his family’s reaction to him
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Contextual information
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reflects the immense social pressure brought on the pilots to carry out kamikaze missions as part of ww2
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Poems that link
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Poppies
Prelude
Storm on the island