tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post7916131198373800185..comments2024-03-27T11:10:57.384-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Cricket's Song Haiku by Ji BoChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-40741235635308075902013-11-05T19:01:16.443-05:002013-11-05T19:01:16.443-05:00Ji Bo's effective use of hyperbole shatters th...Ji Bo's effective use of hyperbole shatters the reader's preconceived notion about cricket song. And this one-line haiku subtly alludes to John Hollander's most famous monostich below:<br /><br />A One-Line Poem: The Universe. (Rhyme’s Reason, p.12)<br /><br /><br />Note: There are four types of cricket song: The calling song attracts females and repels other males, and is fairly loud. The courting song is used when a female cricket is near, and is a very quiet song. An aggressive song is triggered by chemoreceptors on the antennae that detect the near presence of another male cricket and a copulatory song is produced for a brief period after a successful mating. -- excerpted from the Wikipedia entry, titled Cricket<br /><br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com