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Kamikaze
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The
loose
silver of
whitebait
and once tuna, the
dark
prince
,
muscular
,
dangerous.
Her father
embarked
at
sunrise
with a flask of
water
, a
samurai
sword
He must have
wondered
which had been the
better way
to die
Like a
huge
flag
waved first one
way
then the other in a
figure
of
eight
Only we children still chattered and
laughed
until we too learned to be
silent
Her father embarked at sunrise with a flask of water, a samurai sword
Sibilance- peace in
death
, also shows something
sinister
about method of
death
Water-
purity
,
spiritual
Embarked-
get on
boat-
grandfather's
boat
persuading piolet to
live
Like a huge flag waved first one way and then the other in a figure of eight
Simile-
flag represents
patriotism
Figure of eight- infinity,
cyclical
structure of patriotism + imagining
absence
of life forever
The loose silver of whitebait and once a tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous
'Loose silver'-
biblical
allusion-
Judas
betrays
Jesus
in return for
silver
, betrayal of country
Act of not killing himself is a
dangerous
act
Only we children still chattered and laughed until we too learned to be silent
Gradually-
unnatural, children affected by
patriotism