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12018-06-27T17:49:16-07:00Ronae Matriano8ed24d71e6036affdb22f6e2fd0ec83a8e515e95149434plain2019-01-30T23:33:14-08:00Ronae Matriano8ed24d71e6036affdb22f6e2fd0ec83a8e515e95Or, think about the unexpected pathos Bashō found in fishing implements as he stood on the shore where a famous battle had taken place in antiquity:
“Octopus traps! Fleeting dreams under the summer moon.”
On the one hand, we have these very mundane (and probably awful-smelling) fishing traps, and on the other an elevated allusion to the dead warriors of antiquity. The poem is sad, it’s nostalgic, it’s startling, it’s maybe a bit humorous—we have a new set of allusions and emotions that are being juxtaposed in unusual ways.
