what do both poems do
In both Kamikaze and Exposure, power manifests not as authority but as imprisonment—mental, moral, and physical.
kamikaze
Garland’s pilot is trapped by patriotic expectation and social shame, controlled by silence long after his supposed disobedience.
exposure
Owen’s soldiers are trapped by nature’s relentless assault and the futility of waiting, controlled by forces both human and elemental.
overall
-Both poets use rhythm, imagery, and structure to expose how control destroys identity, transforming human beings into obedient instruments or passive sufferers.
-Yet while Owen’s poem ends with unrelieved despair, Garland’s offers a faint resistance through memory—
-the act of telling the story itself becomes an assertion of humanity against silence.
