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    HAIKU by Matsuo Basho

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    The document summarizes two short poems - a haiku by Japanese poet Matsuo Basho from the 17th century, and a poem by English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. It then provides background information on haiku as a poetic form and biographies of both Basho and Tennyson, noting their contributions to poetry in their respective cultures.

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    HAIKU by Matsuo Basho

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    The document summarizes two short poems - a haiku by Japanese poet Matsuo Basho from the 17th century, and a poem by English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. It then provides background information on haiku as a poetic form and biographies of both Basho and Tennyson, noting their contributions to poetry in their respective cultures.

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    HAIKU by Matsuo Basho

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    The document summarizes two short poems - a haiku by Japanese poet Matsuo Basho from the 17th century, and a poem by English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. It then provides background information on haiku as a poetic form and biographies of both Basho and Tennyson, noting their contributions to poetry in their respective cultures.

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    HAIKU by Matsuo Basho

    Looking closely I see Yoku mireba


    a nazuna blooming Nazuna hana saku
    under the hedge! Kakine kana.

    Flower in the crannied wall by Alfred Lord, Tennyson

    Flower in the crannied wall,


    I pluck you out of the crannies:
    I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
    Little flower - but if I could understand
    What you are, root and all, and all in all,
    I should know what God and man is.
    HAIKU
    - A short, unrhymed Japanese poem consisting of 17 syllables (5-
    7-5)
    - A Japanese poetry form.

    Qualities of Haiku:
    1. Haiku depend on imagery.
    2. Haiku are condensed; the poet leaves out all unnecessary words.
    3. Haiku are concerned with emotions; nature is used to reflect
    these emotions.
    4. Haiku rely heavily on the power of suggestion or connotation.

    Matsuo Basho

    - Born: 1644, Ueno, Iga province, Japan.


    - Died: Nov. 28, 1694, Osaka, Japan
    - Considered the greatest of the Japanese haiku poets; has been
    called the Shakespeare of Japanese haiku verse because of his
    contributions to the development of the form.
    - As a boy, he played and studied with the son of his feudal lord in
    Kyoto.
    - Before he began to compose haikai, he was in the service of a
    local samurai, Todo Shinshichiro, but it is not clear whether he
    himself was a samurai.
    - With his subdued, elegant verse, raised the haiku to the level of
    true literature.
    - According to Basho:
    You should put into words
    The light in which you see something
    Before it vanishes from your mind.
    Alfred Lord, Tennyson

    - born August 6th, 1809, at Somersby, Lincolnshire


    - Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, such as "Break, Break,
    Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and
    "Crossing the Bar".
    - Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes,
    such as Ulysses, although In Memoriam A.H.H. was written to
    commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and
    fellow student at Trinity College, Cambridge
    - The success of his 1842 Poems made Tennyson a popular poet,
    and in 1845 he received a Civil List (government) pension of 200
    a year, which helped relieve his financial difficulties.
    - his appointment in 1850 as Poet Laureate finally established him
    as the most popular poet of the Victorian era.
    - died on October 6, 1892, at the age of 83.

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