Poetry - Kamikaze Flashcards
What 2 types of structure are used in Kamikaze
●Narrative Shift
●Caesura
●Narrative Shift
-Move from 3rd to 1st person reveals inner thoughts of pilots daughter
●Caesura
-Signifies the aside marks
-Mirrors pilots hesitation
What 2 themes are in Kamikaze
●Honour
-poet explores consequences of not fulfilling his duty
●Nature
-Highlights beauty of nature and help us empathise with the pilot for turning back
QUOTE
“Father”
●reference to…
●symbol of…
●conveys…
“Her father embarked at sunrise”
●reference to “land of the rising sun”
●symbol of hope
● conveys patriotism
QUOTE
“Treated”
●irony
“They treated him as though he no longer existed”
●irony - his survival is worthless, the people he lived for are now dead
“Fuel”
●met…
●imm…
●euph…
“Enough fuel for a one way journey into history”
●metaphor
●immortalised with respect
●euphemism for death
QUOTE
“Tuna”
●imbalance of…
●irony…
“A tuna, the dark Prince, muscular, dangerous”
●imbalance of power between humanity and nature
●a fish is more powerful than a kamikaze pilot - irony
