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Kamikaze - Coggle Diagram
Kamikaze
Techniques/Language
Kamikaze
"kami" - god/divine
"Kaze" - wing/gust
Refers to a Storm that damaged invading ships in 1250
Storm was viewed as a divine gift from the gods to protect the nation
Suicide by lane bombing was named Kamikaze in a reference to this event
Act of suicide to serve your nation and protect the country was viewed as honorable and worth the risk
Themes
Nature
Memories
Patriotism
Structure
Narrative is in third person
Representing the metaphorical distance between her and her father
The first 5 stanzas are ordered (representing the time he was on his mission)
Enjambment
Only full stop is at the end of stanza 5 - He has made his decision to go back
Last 2 stanzas are in italics and are in longer lines to represent the massive change in his life
Longer lines show his life is less orderly and is now a mess
His life has shifted and will no longer be the same (in normal text)
Direct address gives the poem a personal tone
Key Quotes
"My Mother never spoke again"
"Dark Shoals of fish flashing silver"
Image links to a katana - conveys the conflict between his love for nature/life and his sense of duty
"flashing" - verb - could refer to Iai - or quick draw technique
Could represent how this on quick decision changed his life forever in a flash
Sibilance
"they treated him like he never existed"
Cruel irony
He chose to live, but now must live as if he was dead