LO: To analyse Garland’s use of language, form and structure to generate meaning

Beatrice’s poem ‘Kamikaze’ tells the story of Beatrice Garland's 'Kamikaze' takes readers through the melancholic
a Kamikaze pilot who returns from his journey of a Japanese Special Attack pilot as he sets out (and abandons)
mission as he turned back. The poem is his 'final sortie'. To exaggerate the pilot's mental anguish, Garland opts
written in free verse which means it has no to write the poem in the free verse form. Essentially, the poem's lack of
rigid rhyme scheme or structure. This is rigidity and clear structure mirrors the internal conflict of the kamikaze
interesting because it shows the lack of pilot who is mentally struggling to view his journey as a heroic mission
structure in the pilot’s head. Beatrice also as he resonates with the "dark shoals of fishes" in the sea below as both
uses enjambment throughout the poem to are just waiting to be 'caught' by their more powerful enemy: death.
give it a flowy feel. This makes it seem Garland's use of enjambment throughout the poem creates a sense of
natural and free flowing, like the thoughts breathlessness interestingly symbolic of the nervousness of the pilot
in a persons head. Moreover, in stanza five sitting in the plane. Moreover, this creation of a free flowing narrative
we notice the inclusion of italics. Beatrice gives the poem a more natural flow and essentially becomes an
has done this to show that someone else extension of the pilot's (and later, his daughter's) stream of
(the daughter) is speaking. This shows how consciousness.
there is a conflict between past and present In stanza five, Garland opts to use italics to signify numerous changes:
in this poem. Furthermore, to heighten this in narrator, generation and time. Through this subtle change, readers
conflict between past, present and familial become aware of the numerous conflicts arising as a result of the pilot's
generations, Garland opts to include asides, inability to complete his mission. As we jump between narrators, the
most notably a hyphenated aside in stanza past and present and older and newer generations we are made
five: “- yes, grandfather’s boat”. Here, the astutely aware of how internal conflict has just a great an impact in this
pilot’s daughter interjects as she recalls the poem as the external conflict (war) does. To heighten the verisimilitude
tale to her siblings affirming the boat of this internal conflict, Garland includes asides throughout the poem,
belonged to their grandfather. By including most notably a hyphenated aside in stanza five: “- yes, grandfather’s
this aside, the poem becomes much more boat”. Here, the pilot’s daughter interjects as she recalls the tale to her
intimate and personal as we the reader are siblings affirming the boat belonged to their grandfather. By including
drawn in to listen to the daughter’s tale: we this aside, the poem becomes much more intimate and personal as we
become engaged by her story. the reader are drawn in to listen to the daughter’s tale: we become
engaged by her story.

Highlight in pink any mentions of key poetic terminology Highlight in green any developed analysis/explanation.
Which is the better written piece? Why do you think this piece would achieve higher marks in an exam?
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Select one of the four structure/form techniques. After having had a look at what weak/strong answers look like, have a go
at writing about one technique in more detail, explaining carefully the meanings/effects generated by this choice.
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