Write a Haiku about a huge waterfall

    A huge waterfall

Temporary drops of life

     eternally fall

Explanation:

Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry that can be traced back to the 9th century. It usually consists of three lines with no rhyme scheme. The most common metric is of 5-7-5 syllables, although more modern haiku poems do not necessary attain to such rules. A haiku evokes details that paint a vivid picture in readers' minds. With few words, a rich description and deep meaning are conveyed. One example of haiku is as follows:

“A World of Dew” by Kobayashi Issa  

    A world of dew,  

And within every dewdrop  

    A world of struggle.

In the haiku written as an answer for this question, the message conveyed is that the waterfall itself is seen as permanent, eternal. However, the drops of water that make that waterfall are only rapidly passing by. They are not eternal. In less than a second, the waterfall is not the same anymore - the drops of water now falling are others, completely different from the ones that fell an instant ago. In a way, the drops die, while the waterfall remains.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)