Kamikaze Flashcards
How is the poem written?
It has a tight structure every stanza has 6 lines.
What does the tight structure suggest?
This tight structure reflects the type control on the military and its culture and its expectations is exactly this person should do.
How is the tight control contrasted in the way it is written in?
It is written in free verse and enjambment reflects the lack of the control which contradicts the type control that we see in the length of the stanzas and this freedom of expression reflects the freedom of the pilot wants to have, his personal thoughts and his sense of national duty, reflected in the contrast of structural points
What does the Daughter say about her father’s eagerness in his mission?
‘Her father embarked at sunrise… (with) a shaven head full of powerful incantations’
What does Beatrice show who has the real power in the world by saying what?
‘Tuna, dark prince, muscular, dangerous’
The pilot remembers waiting for his fathers return how?
‘safe… yes grandfather boat- safe’
In the last sentence the pilot feels coming back home is a kamikaze mission and has felt he has made the wrong decision saying what?
‘He must of wondered what was the best way to die’
