Kamikaze Flashcards
Quote from Kamikaze to start
Her father embarked at sunrise
Quote from kamikaze showing him under spell of Japanese patritoism
A shaven head,full of powerful incantations
Similie in kamikaze that shows celebration
Strung out like bunting on a green-blue translucent sea
Quote showing flags from kamikaze
A huge flag waved first one way then the other in a figure of eight
Quote showing the soldier’s infancy in Kamikaze
And remembered how he and his brothers built cairns of pearl grey pebbles
Quote from kamikaze showing the woman talking to her children
Father’s boat,safe-yes grandfathers boat-safe
Sibilance in Kamikaze
To the shore salt shodden awash
Description of multiple fish and sea creatures in Kamikaze
Cloud-marked mackerel,
Black feathery prawns,
the loose silver of whitebait and once
a tuna,the dark prince,muscular,dangerous.
Quote from kamikaze showing him being shunned from the family
And though he came back
my mother never spoke again
In his presence
Quote showing propoganda and culture leading to even children not talking to the pilot
Till gradually we too learned
To be silent
Quote from last line of Kamikaze
Which had been the better way to die
Form/stucture in Kamikaze
Mainly narrated in 3rd person,reported speech used
Lack of pilots voice shows him being shunned from society
First 5 stanzas form one sentence showing the flowing and freeing nature of flying and his memories
Lack of rhyme scheme adds to conversational tone
