1. In the poem, the speaker is able to recall a positive memory about a backyard they weren't
particularly fond of. Do you think people tend to remember things more positively as they
grow up? Why or why not? Do you have a memory that you remember more positively over
time?

Choose the best paraphrase of bashes haiku an old silent pond a frog jumps into the pond splash silence again a. the pond was silent until the frog jumped in splashing now alternates with quiet b. a pond will never be silent after one frog jumps into it and starts splashing around c. a frog jumps into a quiet pond there is a splash then all is quiet once more d. there was once an accident body of water that a frog splashed into and died