Question

haiku by issa
the moth saw brightness
in a woman’s chamber—
burnt to a crisp.
an excerpt from elegiac verses by william wordsworth
full soon in sorrow did i weep,
taught that the mutual hope was dust,
in sorrow, but for higher trust,
how miserably deep!
all vanished in a single word,
a breath, a sound, and scarcely heard.
sea—ship—drowned—shipwreck—so it came,
the meek, the brave, the good, was gone;
he who had been our living john
was nothing but a name.
what motif is addressed in both forms of poetry?
○ romance
○ the ocean
○ the outdoors

Explanation:

First, analyze the haiku: the moth is attracted to brightness (outdoors - related as moths are outdoor - adjacent creatures) and gets burnt. The Wordsworth excerpt has "Sea—Ship—drowned—Shipwreck" which is an outdoor, natural - disaster - like event. "Romance" is not evident in either. "The ocean" is only in the Wordsworth excerpt. "The outdoors" connects the moth's outdoor - related action (attracted to light, a natural outdoor - adjacent phenomenon) and the sea/shipwreck (outdoor setting) in the two poems.

Answer:

The outdoors (assuming the third option is "the outdoors", as the options seem to have a typo but based on context, the correct motif connecting both is the outdoors - related elements: the moth's interaction with a natural - light - like brightness (outdoors - adjacent) and the sea/shipwreck (outdoor setting) in the two poems. If the options are: A. romance, B. the ocean, C. the outdoors, then the answer is C. the outdoors)