Kamikaze Flashcards
‘Her Father embarked at Sunrise’
This is imagery as Japan was also known as the land of the rising sun which links the character to his culture and duty
‘With a flask of water, a Samurai sword in the cockpit’…
Listing creates a sense of intimacy with the pilot of simplicity which juxtaposes the metaphorical ‘journey into history’ of his flight
‘the little fishing boats strung out like bunting’
This is a Simile emphasising the attractive temptation of the life and nature below him. This contrasts with his ‘journey into history’ symbolising his inner conflict
‘The dark shoals of fishes flashing silver as their bellies’
The fish represent the aircraft, the ‘flash of silver’ is a metaphor showing their honour and glory
‘yes grandfather’s boat’
The change in font suggests that the daughter is speaking to the children
‘yes grandfather’s boat’
The change in font suggests that the daughter is speaking to the children giving emphasis to the individual from his History
‘safe to the shore, salt sodden’
This is sibilance to show the Oceans wave sound. This is symbolic to the tide which returns just like he does in the Poem
‘with cloud marked mackerel, black crabs, feathery prawns’
This is Listing the catches on the boat conveying the childhood joys he has and the innocence which have been darkened by the events of the Pilots life
‘And though he came back’
The Pronoun he leaves him nameless as though ashamed or difficult to name him
‘they treated him as though he no longer existed’
Undermines the enormity of the event with a matter of factual tone
‘till gradually we too learned’
‘learned’ implies the behaviour was not natural and was forced upon her and she realises it and regrets it
‘was no longer the father we loved’
Punctuation used dramatically to emphasise the word ‘loved’ and create a sense of empathy
‘which had been the better way to die’
Highlights conflict emphasising that he died in the eyes of his family. There is a tone of regret and sympathy in his situation as he had no way out
