kamikaze

• kamikaze


  a Japanese pilot trained in WW2 to make a suicidal crash attack, usually on a ship
• embarked at sunrise


  Japan was also known as the land of the rising sun

  links character to culture
• like bunting

  ironic because it sound celebratory but what he is about to do is arguable devastating

  but his emperor and country are worth celebrating
• turbulent


  suggests the pilot is experiencing internal conflict- wants to fufill duty but also wants to live

  lines run on like his memories as he gets lost in them- enjambment
• swivelled towards the sun


  sibilant sounds emphasise the innocent beauty of the place- contrasts with the violence of his potential suicide
• which had been the better way to die

  highlights that he died in the eyes of the family

  tone of regret and sympathy at this situation, he had no way out
• context

  written by Beatrice Garland b1938

  can be paired with charge of the light brigade and poppies