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Japanese Haiku: Basho and Issa — Homework
Reread Basho's and Issa's haiku from this week before answering.
- 1.What is a kigo, and why can a single word carry so much meaning in such a short poem?
- 2.Why does Basho's frog haiku never state an emotion directly?
- 3.Describe one difference between Basho's and Issa's characteristic voices within the same tight form.
- 4.Write an original three-line haiku using one concrete seasonal image and no stated emotion.
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