kamikaze

Question 1

analyse the quote - “Her father embarked at sunrise”

Answer 1

• the writer’s choice of the father embarking at sunrise, as sunrise signifies hope, and nationalism

Question 2

analyse the quote - “and enough fuel for a one‑way / journey into history”

Answer 2

• Emphasises the expected sacrifice — he is meant to die and become a legend, part of history

Question 3

analyse the quote - “strung out like bunting / on a green‑blue translucent sea”

Answer 3

• this creates juxtaposition as it focuses on the beauty of nature compared to the brutality of war

Question 4

analyse the quote - “remembered how he / and his brothers waiting on the shore”

Answer 4

• this reminds the readers the narrator is human, seen through his childhood memories of family that reveals his innocence as a human, and his personal identity

Question 5

analyse the quote - “which had been the better way to die”

Answer 5

• summarises the overall idea of the poem, as the father wonders whether dying in battle might have been better than being alive but dead socially

Question 6

how does kamikaze link with poppies?

Answer 6

both poems show the impact of war on families

Question 7

how does kamikaze link with remains?

Answer 7

both explore traumatic effects of war that haunts the narrator

Question 8

how does kamikaze link with bayonet charge?

Answer 8

links through the harsh experience of being a soldier