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Kamikaze - Coggle Diagram
Kamikaze
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'shouls of fishes'
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- the fish represent the aircraft 'flashing silver' metaphor for their humour and glory
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- these lines depict the darker thoughts being replaced with brighter memories of the pilot's childhood
- the fish seem to signal to the pilot as they turn and flash in the sun, suggesting nature reminds him of what is important
Structure
- 7, 6 line stanzas
- the poem does not rhyme and has no regular rhythmic pattern
- most lines have 3 or 4 stresses
- this style allows the story to be told simply, letting tragedy and emotion shine through, but allowing readers to make up their own minds about events in the poem
- composed of three full stops - reflecting the idea of a story being told orally
- caesuras
- cyclical structure
Beatrice Garland
- Explore the reasons why soldiers die for their country
- Presents perspectives of both kamikaze pilot and his daughter to show their different ideas about conflict
'but half way there, she thought, recounting it later to her children.'
- third person - quite personal, sense of individualism to this nameless pilot and relaxed tone, contrast the conflict of the context
- the break in the stanza pauses the story and with the conjunction 'but' the narrator highlights something changes on the pilot's journey, that he had doubts about his duties
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