Kamikaze - Beatrice Garland

• ' shoals of fishes flashing silver '

  Sibilance represents calm and sea-like sounds. Mimics the sound of waves.
• ' Incantations '

  Under a spell or influece almost like he is brainwashed into fulfilling his duty
• ' he must have wondered ' , ' which had been the better way to die '

  Shows how leaving his duty already shows his metaphorical death.
• Kamikaze Themes: war, nature, culture
• Form: free verse
• about:

  • ostracized from society
  • mother who is left behind
  • question the justification of war
  • damaging effects of children