I'll help out with the correct answer here: it's B. The commonly used title for this is "Basho's Death Haiku" which pretty much gives away the answer, and the poet's biography will tell you that he dictated this haiku from his deathbed. Without that information, the symbolism should help provide students with enough clues to reach the correct answer. A "journey" is often used as an analogy for a lifetime, and the "desolate moors" may refer to the empty world that his spirit ("dreams") must wander for eternity.
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I'll help out with the correct answer here: it's B. The commonly used title for this is "Basho's Death Haiku" which pretty much gives away the answer, and the poet's biography will tell you that he dictated this haiku from his deathbed. Without that information, the symbolism should help provide students with enough clues to reach the correct answer. A "journey" is often used as an analogy for a lifetime, and the "desolate moors" may refer to the empty world that his spirit ("dreams") must wander for eternity.
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Thanks! Looks like I forgot to tack the answer onto it!
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