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Analysis and comments on The old pond by Matsuo Basho

Comment 2 of 2, added on April 24th, 2006 at 8:41 PM.

NIHONGO (japanese) i am taking this in school
hai hai nihongo!!

Paloma from Egypt
Comment 1 of 2, added on December 25th, 2005 at 8:05 AM.

The old pond, although being moldy and stinking, never lost its essence - the water.

the frog just prove it. when it jumps in - "the sound of water".



Daniel from Israel



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Poet: Matsuo Basho
Poem: The old pond
Volume: The Essential Haiku
Year: 1994
Added: Feb 20 2003
Viewed: 8879 times


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The old pond
Volume: The Essential Haiku

Year: 1994
Last read:
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Viewed 8879 times.

Added: Feb 20 2003


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