Kamikaze
A kamikaze pilot is someone who flies their plane directly
into a target so that they can complete their mission, even
though it means they will die.
It is about the idea (concept) of ‘Kamikaze’ rather than the
individual pilot
The one where the Japanese fighter pilot chooses not to die, but then no one
speaks to him for the rest of his life
• Structure:
• The poem is written in direct speech (as if she is
saying the poem to the reader)
• It was written in 2007- Beatrice Garland is NOT
the actual daughter
• Key Lines:
• Her father embarked at sunrise
• Which had been the better way to die
• Safe/ to the shore, salt-sodden, awash/ with
cloud marked mackerel
• The dad was a Kamikaze pilot, who got half way to his
target and turned around because he saw the fishing
boats which reminded him of his own father and how
worried he used to be when his father was away at sea,
so he came back (so that his children would have him in
their lives) BUT the whole society (including his family)
were ashamed of him- so they ignored him and believed
he was not who they thought he was.
• The final line shows she regrets the way they treated
her dad
Remains
The one where the soldier remembers shooting a man during the war
Written in
quatrains
(stanzas that are
4 lines long), until
the final two lines
to show the
breakdown of his
health
First: On another
occasion, we get sent out
Last: his bloody life in my
bloody hands
Most important: End of
story, accept not really
London
The one where he is walking through London and thinking about how badly the
rich treat the poor
Quatrains
that show
the cycle of
suffering- it
never ends
and it never
changes
First: I wander through these
chartered streets
Last: And blights with
plagues the marriage hearse
Most Important: In every cry
of every man
Bayonet Charge
The one where the soldier is in the middle of the war and cannot remember why
he chose to go to war
Begins ‘in
media res’ (in
the middle of
action) to
show that the
soldiers cannot
really judge
war until the
experience it.
First: Suddenly he awoke
and was running- raw
Last: His terror’s touchy
dynamite
Most important: Ling, honour,
human dignity etcetera
Ozymandias
The one where the king thought he was very powerful but then he died and
everyone forgot about him.
Sonnet
formusually a
love poem
• First: I met a traveller from an antique land
• Last: Lone and level sands stretch far
away
• Most important: Look on my works, Ye
Mighty, and despair
Prelude
The one where the boy steals a boat but then realises that nature is stronger than
him
Written as a
dramatic
monologue- it
is part of a
much longer
poem that
describes him
growing into
a man.
• First: One summer evening, led by her
• Last: by day, and were a trouble to my
dreams
• Most Important: a huge peak, black and
huge
My Last Duchess
The one where the husband wants to control his wife so much he decides to kill
her and keep her picture on the wall
Written as a
dramatic
monologue
from the
Duke (who
only cares
about his own
opinion)
• First: That’s my last Duchess on the wall,
• Last: Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in
bronze for me
• Most Important: I gave commands/ then all
smiles stopped together
The Charge of the Light
Brigade
The one where the soldiers were sent into a battle they could not win
The length
of the
stanzas
shows us
how long
each part of
the battle
lasted
• First: Half a league, Half a league
• Last: Noble six hundred!
• Most important: Theirs is but to do and die
Poppies
макове
The one where the mother remembers her son as a child, even though he is now
a soldier
The poet uses lots of
caesura- it shows
that she is very
emotional
Caesura is when
there is a full stop in
the middle of a line
of poetry
First: Three days before
Armistice Sunday
Last: Your playground voice
catching in the wind
Most Important: Skirting the
graveyard walls, my stomach
busy
Exposure
The one where the soldier explains that the weather is more scary than the war
itself
The length of
the poem
shows us how
long war lastsand the words
‘nothing
happens’ are
repeated so
show they are
waiting
• First: Our brains ache, in the merciless
iced east winds that knive us
• Last: But nothing happens
• Most Important: We only know war lasts,
rain soaks, and clouds sag stormy
War Photographer
The one where the photographer is remembering his time at war and thinking
about the idea that people do not care
4 equal stanzas
show how calm
he is being even
though he is
remembering
very emotional
events- but
caesura shows
us he is actually
upset.
• First: In his dark room, he is finally alone
• Last: He earns his living and they do not
care
• Most Important: Belfast. Beruit. Phnom
Penh. All flash is grass.
Tissue
The one where tissue is used as a metaphor for how the world relies on what is
written down
The last line
is on it’s own
to show that
people forget
the
connection
between
history and
the present.
Paper First: Paper that lets the light
Last Last: Turned into your skin
Important: place layer over
Place Most
layer, luminous
The Emigree
The one where the lady remembers the country she moved from, but cannot go
back to because of war.
Storm on the Island
The one where they prepare for the weather and then it isn’t as bad as they
thought
One
stanza- it
reflects the
way they
build their
houses
• First: We build our houses squat
• Last: Strange, it is a huge nothing that we
fear
• Most Important: Exploding comfortably
Checking out me History
The one where he is angry that the people is charge do not teach black history, so
he finds out for himself
Written is
phonetic
presentation
(it forces us
to read it in
his accent)
• First: Dem tell me, dem tell me
• Last:
• Most Important: