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Traveling for Basho is his life, unlike many traditions of Japan where supporting a family and working are a way of life, he chooses a different path. By this Basho chooses a life that is centered around himself and based on personal dependence and happiness...
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By this Basho chooses a life that is centered around himself and based on personal dependence and happiness. This makes him an individual in all of the things that he does because he bases his decisions solely on himself. Being an individual Basho puts himself somewhat before his time in terms of Japanese culture...
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Pope and Basho Pope and Basho are both very important poets. They are similar in some ways but total opposites in others. Alexander Pope is a European Catholic. Matsuo Basho is from Japan and has a background in samurai...	4 / 999
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A CROW ON A BARE BRANCH: A CROW ON A BARE BRANCH: A COMPARISON OF MATSUO BASHO’S HAIKU “KARE-EDA-NI…” AND ITS ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS Elin Sutiste Introduction This paper aims to describe, compare and analyse different shifts that have occurred in the translation of Matsuo Basho’s haiku “Kare-eda-ni…” into English...	32 / 8742