Kamikaze Flashcards
What are the themes of this poem?
Patriotism and identity - ‘Her father embarked at sunrise / with a flask of water, a samurai sword’
Power of nature - ‘a green-blue translucent sea’
Power of memory - ‘ - yes, grandfather’s boat - safe / to the shore, salt-sodden, awash / with cloud-marked mackerel, / black crabs, feathery prawns, / the loose silver of whitebait and not once / a tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous.’
Effects of conflict - ‘And though he came back / my mother never spoke again in his presence, nor did she meet his eyes / and the neighbours too, they treated him / as though he no longer existed, / onl;y we children still chattered and laughed’
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What are the themes of this poem?
Patriotism and identity - ‘Her father embarked at sunrise / with a flask of water, a samurai sword’
Power of nature - ‘a green-blue translucent sea’
Power of memory - ‘ - yes, grandfather’s boat - safe / to the shore, salt-sodden, awash / with cloud-marked mackerel, / black crabs, feathery prawns, / the loose silver of whitebait and not once / a tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous.’
Effects of conflict - ‘And though he came back / my mother never spoke again in his presence, nor did she meet his eyes / and the neighbours too, they treated him / as though he no longer existed, / onl;y we children still chattered and laughed’
Why lots of enjambement between stanzas?
It creates the effect of a flowing story
