KAMIKAZE - by Beatrice Garland

CONTEXT - Kamikaze was one of a group of Japanese WW2 pilots who flew on a suicidal mission.
FORM
1. The poem is mostly narrated in 3rd person using reported speech of the pilot's daughter, but her voice is heard directly in the later stanzas.
2. The absence of the pilot's voice shows that he's been cut off from society
3. The use of 3rd person emphasises the distance between pilot and daughter.
STRUCTURE
1. The first 5 stanzas form one sentence which covers the account of the pilot's flight as the pilot's daughter imagines it.
  1. The end of the sentence represents the pilot's landing
2. The final 2 stanzas deal with the fallout of the pilot's actions.
LANGUAGE
1. IRONY
  1. There are ironic reminders of how the pilot has abandoned his mission
    1. The pilot should have been aiming for big enemy ships, but it's "little fishing boats" that catch his eye.
      1. "at the little fishing boats"
  2. The way he's treated when return to his family is ironic
    1. They act as if he's dead, even though he chose not to die.
      1. "they treated him as though he no longer existed"
2. DIRECT SPEECH
  1. The addition of direct speech makes the poem seem more personal.
  2. Hearing the daughter's voice emphasises the impact of war on a specific family
3. NATURAL IMAGERY
  1. Similes, metaphors and detailed descriptions are used to emphasised the beauty and power of nature.
    1. "pearl-grey pebbles"
    2. "cloud-marked mackerel"
  2. The pilot's daughter hints that this beauty was one of the main triggers for his actions.

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KAMIKAZE - by Beatrice Garland

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