Kamikaze

Question 1

Structure

Answer 1

Narrative shift
• The move from third-person narrator to the first person in the last two stanzas of the poem reveals the inner thoughts and feelings of the pilot’s daughter
• Caesura
• The caesura, which signifies the aside marks the daughter’s moment of contemplation
• This moment also mirrors the pilot’s hesitation

Question 2

Themes

Answer 2

• Honour
• The poet explores the consequences of not fulfilling one’s duty

• Nature
• Garland highlights the beauty of nature to help us empathise with the
pilots’ reasons for turning back

Question 3

Quote 1

Answer 3

‘Her father embarked at sunrise’
• Japan is also known as the “land of the rising sun” so this could be a reference to the country’s heritage.
• It is a symbol of hope
• Conveys his patriotism

Question 4

Quote 2

Answer 4

‘They treated him as though he no longer existed
• Ironic, his suvival is meaningless, the people he lived for he is now dead to

Question 5

Quote 3

Answer 5

‘Enough fuel for a one way Journey into history’
• Metaphor
• This is indicative of the significance of the act and the honour it co bring him, he doesn’t originally plan on coming back
• He will be immortalised with respect