|
Poet: Matsuo Basho
Poem: First snow
Volume: The Essential Haiku
Year: Published/Written in 1994
Poem of the Day on:
Apr 4 2004
Comment 1 of 1, added on June 7th, 2005 at 4:19 PM.
First snow, that cold, white, winding sheet, lies stretched o’er all the ground,
It shrouds the world, and all that’s in it, while winter doth abound.
Death mask adorned, winter’s partial span will grow to join together,
Both autumn’s death and springs rebirth, thus life rolls on as ever.
Billy from United Kingdom
Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, First snow, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Matsuo Basho with others on the Poetry Connection poetry forum!
|
First snow, that cold, white, winding sheet, lies stretched o’er all the ground,
It shrouds the world, and all that’s in it, while winter doth abound.
Death mask adorned, winter’s partial span will grow to join together,
Both autumn’s death and springs rebirth, thus life rolls on as ever.
Billy from United Kingdom