'Kamikaze' by Beatrice Garland Flashcards
‘Her father _______ at _______’
‘Her father embarked at sunrise’
‘he must have looked far down / at the little _____________ ________ / strung out like ___________’
‘he must have looked far down / at the little fishing boats / strung out like bunting’
‘which had ____ the _____ ____ ___ ____’
‘which had been the better way to die.’
What someone thinks they have to do for their country
Patriotic duty
The suicide pilots in Kamikaze are doing their patriotic duty
The pointless nature of fighting in a war, or of coming back from a suicide mission only to be ignored by the community
Futility
The pilot in Kamikaze experiences the futility of trying to talk to his family
When someone is not literally dead, but it is as if their life has ended
Metaphorical death
The pilot in Kamikaze experiences a metaphorical death at the end of the poem
