Cicada
by Basho
(collected poem 5)
In the cicada's cry
No sign can foretell
How soon it must die
Review:
This is a poem about a cicada, that has no idea when it will die. It has the familiar 5-7-5 syllable form of a haiku. "cicada's cry" is alliteration. The first and last lines rhyme!
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