Haiku 1 Miura Chora Get out of my road
and allow me
to plant these bamboos, Mr. Toad.
Haiku 2 Chiyo
A morning glory Twined
round the bucket:
I will ask my neighbor for water.
Haiku 3 Matsuo Basho
The old pond;
A frog jumps in:
Sound of water.
Haiku 4 Kobayashi
Issa A dragonfly!
The distant hills
Reflected in his eyes.
1. These haiku are of course translated. Which of the four haiku follow the rule of five syllables in lines 1 and 3, seven syllables in line 2?
2. Describe two images you see in each haiku.
3. Which haiku relies most on the sense of hearing?
4. What season of the year do you think each haiku describe? Which word or words give you a clue?

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

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