Kamikaze

• Embarked at sunrise


  Dramatic monologue ironically giving the impression of hope
• Flask of water, a samurai sword


  Contrast of life and death, water- would expect alcohol for courage
• Powerful incantations


  Like a spell, has been brain washed , dehumanised
• enough fuel for a one way journey into history


  Giving them no choice, not expected back
• She thought later recounting it to her children

  Her view is up to interpretation
• He must have


  Doesn’t know what happend
• Strung out like bunting

  similie, celebration of life, sacrifice, nature
• A green-blue translucent sea

  Power of nature
• His brother waiting on the shore


  Power of memory
• A tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous


  Metaphor, nature and memory hold the most power
• They treated him as though he no longer existed


  Conflict in domestic sphere, brought disrespect with him, can’t escape his disicion
• Which had been the better way to die

  Confliction and emotive
• Third person


  Has been shunned and not given an identity or voice
• Italics


  Trying to distance herself from her father
• Key themes


  • the power of memory
  • the power of nature
  • duty
  • suffering
  • guilt
• Comparison poems


  Remains, exposure, war photographer, the emigree, poppies