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Mind Map by Ihsan Choudhury, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ihsan Choudhury
over 6 years ago
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KAMIKAZE - by Beatrice Garland
- CONTEXT - Kamikaze was one of a group of
Japanese WW2 pilots who flew on a suicidal
mission.
- FORM
- 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.
- The absence of the pilot's voice shows
that he's been cut off from society
- The use of 3rd person
emphasises the distance
between pilot and daughter.
- 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.
- STRUCTURE
- The first 5 stanzas form one
sentence which covers the
account of the pilot's flight as
the pilot's daughter imagines it.
- The end of the sentence
represents the pilot's landing
- The end of the sentence
represents the pilot's landing
- The final 2 stanzas deal with the fallout of the pilot's actions.
- The first 5 stanzas form one
sentence which covers the
account of the pilot's flight as
the pilot's daughter imagines it.
- LANGUAGE
- IRONY
- There are ironic
reminders of how the
pilot has abandoned his
mission
- The pilot should have been aiming for big
enemy ships, but it's "little fishing boats"
that catch his eye.
- "at the little fishing boats"
- "at the little fishing boats"
- The pilot should have been aiming for big
enemy ships, but it's "little fishing boats"
that catch his eye.
- The way he's treated when return to his family is ironic
- They act as if he's dead, even
though he chose not to die.
- "they treated him as though he no longer existed"
- "they treated him as though he no longer existed"
- They act as if he's dead, even
though he chose not to die.
- There are ironic
reminders of how the
pilot has abandoned his
mission
- DIRECT SPEECH
- The addition of direct speech makes
the poem seem more personal.
- Hearing the daughter's voice emphasises the impact of war
on a specific family
- The addition of direct speech makes
the poem seem more personal.
- NATURAL IMAGERY
- Similes, metaphors and
detailed descriptions are used
to emphasised the beauty and
power of nature.
- "pearl-grey pebbles"
- "cloud-marked mackerel"
- "pearl-grey pebbles"
- The pilot's daughter hints that this beauty
was one of the main triggers for his actions.
- Similes, metaphors and
detailed descriptions are used
to emphasised the beauty and
power of nature.
- IRONY
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