“kamikaze”
Japanese suicide pilots
“remembered how he / and his brothers waiting on the shore / built cairns of pearl-grey pebbles”
imagery
the imagery of innocence and life and childhood constrats that of the fate of the pilot and anyone who has been in that position
“green blue translucent sea”
natural imagery
highlights the beauty of the world and it trying to criticise that these pilots have a lot to lose as they are dying for their honour
writer is teaching how honour isnt the most important thing, contrast to “honour the charge they made”
“one way journey into history”
metaphor
indicates the significance people associate with dying for your honour and helps the writers arguments of honour being the downfall of society
“her father embarked at sunrise”
symbolism
japan is known as “land of the rising sun” so could be a reference to the importance of its heritage
symbolic of hope, the writers hope of society realising the detrimental effect of praising dying for your honour
“a tuna, the ark prince, muscular, dangerous”
dark imagery
hints to the darker more predatory side of society and nature as we are willing to let someone die for their honour
…with a flask of water, a samurai sword in the cockpit, a shaven head full of powerful incantations".
listing
suggests that this is a ritual and gives a sense of dignity and respect for carrying on a tradition
“strung out like bunting”
simile
positive imagery with connotations of celebration
ironic given what the pilot has to do
could symbolise joy and hint at what people are leaving behind is we continue to let society trick people into dying for their honour, its a form of propaganda
how does exposure link to kamikaze
“the merciless iced east winds that knive us” - direct contrast as in exposure owen presents nature as the things that kills the soldiers and takes away their life when in kamikaze its the opposite
the structure of kamikaze is 7 stanzas, 6 lines each, in exposure its 8 stanzas, 5 lines each, whcih could represent the similarity between the regimented beliefs of the military and the army
exposure presents the issues between nature and man, where as kamikaze suggests no matter what people do in that situatuion they die either way