Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred
Tennyson
Retelling of a daughter telling her children what she imagines her Crimean war
father
A Kamikaze pilot Six hundred
Was thinking as he turned his plane around during a Misled and many end up dying
Suicide mission Poet admires and intends to honour the soldier’s commitment, loyalty
and bravery
In Japan, WW2
Power of free will and autonomy The power of those in charge during war
Fuel Charge for the guns
Green blue translucent sea Valley of Death – foreshadows
Dark tuna Someone had blunder’d
Shoal
Fresh Theirs not to… theirs but to do and die – ANAPHORA
Tuna
Power of conflicted loyalties Power of loyalty and patriarchy/power of the poet to glorify the
soldiers and war/propaganda as there were several articles that
were critical of the British failure
Cultural expectations in war / Seems fundamentally supportive of war
“shaven head”
“samurai sword”
tightly controlled six stanzas, reflects his order and obedience When can their glory fade?
Free verse rhyme scheme reflects his doubts Cannon to the…
Not the six hundred
Valiant and honouring tone
Dactylic diameter – similar to a horses gallop
Kamikaze’s family loses respect for him Soldier is celebrated
“as though they no longer existed”
“she” – she has rendered him voiceless by betrayal
Power of war to affect future generations
All the world wonder’d
When can their glory fade?
Tennyson
Retelling of a daughter telling her children what she imagines her Crimean war
father
A Kamikaze pilot Six hundred
Was thinking as he turned his plane around during a Misled and many end up dying
Suicide mission Poet admires and intends to honour the soldier’s commitment, loyalty
and bravery
In Japan, WW2
Power of free will and autonomy The power of those in charge during war
Fuel Charge for the guns
Green blue translucent sea Valley of Death – foreshadows
Dark tuna Someone had blunder’d
Shoal
Fresh Theirs not to… theirs but to do and die – ANAPHORA
Tuna
Power of conflicted loyalties Power of loyalty and patriarchy/power of the poet to glorify the
soldiers and war/propaganda as there were several articles that
were critical of the British failure
Cultural expectations in war / Seems fundamentally supportive of war
“shaven head”
“samurai sword”
tightly controlled six stanzas, reflects his order and obedience When can their glory fade?
Free verse rhyme scheme reflects his doubts Cannon to the…
Not the six hundred
Valiant and honouring tone
Dactylic diameter – similar to a horses gallop
Kamikaze’s family loses respect for him Soldier is celebrated
“as though they no longer existed”
“she” – she has rendered him voiceless by betrayal
Power of war to affect future generations
All the world wonder’d
When can their glory fade?
