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Kamikaze & The Prelude - Coggle Diagram
Kamikaze
&
The Prelude
Paragraph 1
Similarity
Power of man
The Prelude
the speaker has an initially
strong sense of arrogance
at the beginning of the poem, the speaker seems to
believe they are in control
- they seem to
believe they can dominate nature
in whatever way they desire
'act of stealth'
start of a
cyclical structure
shows the
hubris of humanity
in this feeling of
entitlement to nature
the speaker
knows they are in the wrong
but still feels as if they can
overpower nature
and do so without
consequences
'like one who rows, proud of his skill, to reach a chosen point'
simile
shows the
pride of humans*
as the speaker believe he can
control nature
to
reach his own ambitions
Kamikaze
'embarked at sunrise'
noun
'sunrise'
connotes
hope and new beginnings
establishes the
theme of patriotism and human power
however also
directly references
the
Japanese rising sun flag
at the same time the
assonance
of the
a
sound seems to
mimic pain or a wounded soldier
which suggests the
poem acts as a lament
associates
human and military power
as causing
pain and destruction
'powerful incantations'
'incantations'
has connotations of both
indoctrination and religion
seems to imply
he is being controlled by propaganda
pilots were told they
would die in a pure state
suggests the
power of humans amongst each other
will
lead to death
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Difference
Perspective
The Prelude
written in the
first-person autobiographical
the
first-person form
adds tension to the extract and provides a
sense of immersion
which strongly
contrast the distant tone of 'Kamikaze'
written in
blank verse
this gives the poem a
dramatic and serious tone
this
serious tone
emphasises the
life-changing impacts of the events of the poem
show the
great power of nature
it is written as an
autobiographical epic poem
epic poems are
long, narrative poems
that are often
focused around a heroic protagonist
arguably the
hero is not Wordsworth
instead it is
nature personified
the
epic poem structure
and
theme of humanity's evil
may be an
allusion to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'
both poems are also
lengthy narrative poems
written in
iambic pentameter
Wordsworth alludes to this to show how
humanity's innate hubris leads to ignorance and subsequent offences against the forces they underestimate
Kamikaze
written in the
third person
from the
daughter's perspective
reader
reviews conflict through the eyes of someone left behind
daughter
attempts to understand the motivations of her father
third person creates a
sense of detachment
which reflects the
imposed distance the speaker feels from her father
sad tone
and argues
social rejection of failed Kamikaze pilots
destroys families
also
employs shifts in narration
the shift
from third person
'he'
to
first person
'we'
when discussing her
father's return
arguably acts as the
volta
signifies a
dramatic shift
from
external to internal experiences and memories
presents this part of poem as
a personal moment and memory
with a
personal and subjective perspective
this leads the
reader to feel more empathy for the pilot and his family
which makes them more
susceptible to accepting Garland's anti-war stance
'he must have'
the
daughter is trying to understand his motivations
modal verbs
highlight
uncertainty
highlights his
complete isolation
and the
impact of war on those left behind
conflict separates people
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Similarity
Power of nature
The Prelude
loss of eloquence
as the poem progresses, the speaker
becomes overwhelmed
by the mountain and his
language becomes less sophisticated
from
'elfin pinnace'
and
'glittering idly'
romanticising nature
at the start
the
revelation of nature's power
renders his descriptions
more simplistic and clumsy
-
'huge peak, black and huge'
the
repetition
also
mimics stuttering
which shows his
newfound fear
cyclical structure
- at the end there is a
linguistic echo
of
'stole [his] way back to the covert of the willow tree'
shows the
psychological change
from the
initial arrogance
to the
fear of the power of nature
at the end
the descriptions begins to focus on
simple statements of size and colour
to express his
shock at the limits of his world being redefined
personification of nature
'measured motion like a living thing'
describes nature as
otherworldly
and
like a god
which presents it as
superior
Wordsworth was
also a romantic poet
so often focused his work on
the sublime
'o'er my thoughts there hung a darkness, call it solitude'
'darkness'
seems to symbolise how he had
realised his previous ignorance of nature
'solitude'
implies the epiphany of his
insignificance compared to nature
has left him to
question his world view
and
feel powerless
'(led by her)'
the
parenthesis
implies this was
added afterwards
which shows how at the beginning, the
speaker thought he was in control
but
realised nature
that
nature had been leading him the whole time
Kamikaze
'huge flag'
idea of a
flag
creates
imagery of directing pilots to land
seems to argue
nature is against war
as it
coerces him to give up his mission
however also seems to
create a juxtaposition
flags are
one of the strongest symbols of patriotism
yet also
remind us of the white flag of surrender
seems to imply that
allowing patriotism to destroy him and those he would kill
is a
form of surrender of himself
nature has the
power
to
restore his morality
and
prevent him from suicide
- its
power is stronger than the incantations
'flashing silver as their bellies swivelled towards the sun'
adverb
'silver'
has
religious connotations
of the
betrayal of Judas
nature
signals
that he is
being betrayed by those above him
he is being
forced to give his life
to fulfil the
political motives of others
presents
nature
as
omniscient
and
more powerful than humanity
however when
he follows nature's guidance
, he
ends up isolated and lonely
'wondered which had been the better way to die'
hints at
suicide
reminds us of
samurai death
- they would
kill themselves in the face of defeat
implies that
after all, human power triumphed
as he still
followed the trope of the human power
alternatively
implies nature was not powerful enough to save him
he has
died socially
as he was treated
'as though he no longer existed'
human power of social rejection
was still
powerful enough to destroy him
creates a
sense of futility in his inevitable fate
arguably Garland does this
not to present nature as less powerful
but to force the reader to
reflect on their own mortality and priorities
forced the reader to question whether
the social rejection is just
and whether
war and conflict is worth it