Kamikaze

Question 1

Poem’s form

Answer 1

The poem is mostly narrated in the third person using reported speech of the pilot’s daughter, but her voice is heard directly in the later stanzas. The absence of the pilot’s voice shows that he’s been cut off from society, and the use of third person emphasises the distance between pilot and daughter.

Question 2

Poem’s structure

Answer 2

The first five stanzas form one sentence which covers an account of the pilot’s fllight as the pilot’s daughter imagines it. The end of the snetence represents the plane landing, and the final two stanzas deal with the fallout of the pilot’s actions.

Question 3

Poem’s themes

Answer 3

• Conflict of identity
• Power of institutions
• Power of nature