Question

Read the poems. A haiku by Buson and an excerpt from "Frost at Midnight" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Which statement best describes the differences between these poems?
a. The haiku shares a distinct event in nature, while the romantic poem relays a personal experience with nature.
b. The haiku relies on a kigo to describe a season, while the romantic poem uses patterned rhyme for effect.
c. The haiku uses present tense to share a moment in time, while the romantic poem uses past tense to retell an old tale.
d. The haiku celebrates the solitude of night, while the romantic poem suggests that nighttime leads to suffering.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. The haiku shares a distinct event in nature, while the romantic poem relays a personal experience with nature.

Explanation:

Yosa Buson was a haiku poet and also a painter from the Edo period. His haiku accentuates visual imagery. Haiku is a Japenese form of 3 line poem. A haiku usually tells about nature or natural phenomenon. Whereas, in the poem, Frost at Midnight by Samuel Taylor Coleridge the description of nature is based upon the experience of the poet.

For example :

A Haiku by Buson "Blown from the west"

"Blown from the west,

fallen leaves gather

   in the east."

In this haiku, the poet describes the natural phenomenon.

An excerpt from Frost at Midnight by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"The Frost performs its secret ministry,

Unhelped by any wind. The owlet's cry

Came loud—and hark, again! loud as before."

The poet is describing the nature that he has experienced.

Answer 2

Answer:

A). The haiku shares a distinct event in nature, while the romantic poem relays a personal experience with nature.

Explanation:

Haiku illustrates a short Japanese poem consisting of merely three phrases that usually contains a recurring reference to nature or surroundings that is inspiring. While Coleridge in "Frost at Midnight" demonstrates a personal experience with nature. In his poem(lines 52-59), he describes his son wandering the natural imagery that assists him to find a meaning that nature always mirrors the truth as describes nature as a preacher of significant lessons of life. The other options seem incorrect as in option B, the first phrase is correct but Coleridge has written this poem in blank verse that is free of metrical fardels while the other  two options reflect an inappropriate claim.