Poetry

• kamikaze :

  language techniques :

  • Speech
  • Metaphors
  • Descriptive language
  • Irony
• Kamikaze - the poem is written from the perspective of a kamikaze pilot, who has been sent on a suicide mission but the pilot turns around and gets shunned out of society. It was written because Beatrice Garland was shocked by how men were willing to die for something they believed in (effects of patriotism). It was influenced by the twin towers.
• Kamikaze :

  “the sky was red” – This metaphorical description of the sky being ‘red’ suggests danger and bloodshed, foreshadowing the violent act about to take place.
• kamikaze :

  "The sun was setting" - creates a sense of calmness and tranquillity which contrasts the violence that will happen
• Kamikaze :

  Themes :

  • Effects of conflict
  • Individual experience
  • loss and absence
  • Regret
  • Patriotism
  • Shame
  • Effects of nature
  • Inner conflict
• Kamikaze :

  ‘- yes grandfather‘s boat -‘ - injection of speech, makes the poem story like but it’s not told from the pilot showing how he is absent.
• Kamikaze :

  ‘he must of wondered which had been the better way to die‘ - shows inner conflict, regret, effects of patriotism on individuals.
• kamikaze :

  ‘Dark shovels of fishes’ - the father is concentrating on nature. Power of nature makes him turn around, nature destroys his patriotic views.
• War photographer :

  Themes :

  • Effects of conflict
  • Anger
  • Guilt
  • Reality of conflict
  • Memory
  • Individual experience
• War photographer - the poem shows the experience a war photographer goes through and the last effects it has on people, PTSD.

  Carol Ann Duffy had a friend that was a war photographer so she got his anger first hand of not being able to help others and how the newspaper decided which ones were worthy enough to write about.
• War photographer :

  ’Belfast. Biuret. Phnom Penh.’ - plosive like the bombs which go off in these places, makes the idea of war hit the person suddenly.
• War photographer :

  ‘His hands which did not tremble then though seem to now’ - shows the effects of war, when the photographer is alone he struggles even though he is safe he feels the guilt and anger as if he was still there. PTSD.
• War photographer :

  ‘How the blood stained into foreign dust’ - contrast how people in England who read the newspapers will easily forget it but the individuals it effected will never be able to forget, shows why the photographer is angry. Memory.
• ‘He has a job to do’ - shows how the photographer can’t get attached but it is human nature to have feelings towards death.