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Haiku
Matsuo Basho
An old silent pond
A frog jumps into the pond.
Splash! Silence again.
Limerick
Anonymous
There was a young named Hall,
Who fell in the spring in the fall;
Twould have been a sad thing
If hed died in the spring
But he didnt he died in the fall
P. 351 Questions:
Literary Analysis
1. Paraphrase (A) Paraphrase the haiku in your own words.
(B) How does paraphrasing the haiku help you clarify your
understanding of the poems main idea? (C) How does the
line length impact the meaning of the haiku?
2. Paraphrase: Paraphrase lines 6-12 of The Sidewalk Racer.
3. Paraphrase: Review Concrete Cat. Then write a sentence
in which you use your own words to restate the meaning of
the poem.
Craft and Structure
4. Forms of Poetry: (A) What image appears in each line of
the haiku? Record answers in a chart like this
Haiku
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
5. Forms of Poetry: Would Concrete Cat be more or less
effective if it were written in a different shape? Explain
Interpretation of Knowledge and Ideas
6. (A) Interpret: Which words and phrases help show the
motion in The Sidewalk Racer? (b) Analyze: How can the
speaker be both the sailor and the sail? (C) Assess: Which
image do you think most successfully conveys the sense of
being on a skateboard?
7. (A) What incident does the limerick describe? (B) How does
the double meanings of spring and fall add to the humor in
the limerick? (C) Speculate: Do you think it would be
possible to write a serious limerick? Explain.