Kamikaze

Question 1

Kamikaze quotation “Her father ___”

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Kamikaze quotation “They treated _____”

Answer 2

“They treated him as though he no longer existed”
- Ironic, his survival is meaningless, the people he lived for he is now dead to

Question 3

Kamikaze quotation “Enough fuel ___”

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Kamikaze quotation “A tuna , ____”

Answer 4

“A tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous”
- Imbalance of power between humanity and nature
- Even a kamikaze pilot - the epitome (perfect example) of danger isn’t the most dangerous thing in this poem - a fish is

Question 5

Kamikaze themes

Answer 5

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
Family and childhood

Question 6

Kamikaze structure

Answer 6

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 (pause in the middle) signifies the daughter’s moment of contemplation
- This moment also mirrors the pilot’s hesitation