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One of these works that was written after the death of the author's daughter describes a "dewdrop world." A phrase declaring how “spring is passing” in one of these works is used by the author alongside an analogy of (20[1])the birds and the fishes to describe the sadness of (20[1])eternal parting with friends. One (0[1])type of these works found in the collection The Spring of My Life uses (20[2])a class of words associated with (*) seasons. (20[1])One (10[10])travelogue contains (10[4])a (10[4])work of this type that (10[2])describes a (10[1])thatched hut changing ownership (10[1])to (10[1])become a doll's house. A celebrated one of these works describes a frog leaping (10[3])into (10[3])an (10[1])old pond. For (10[1])10 points, name these works created by Kobayashi Issa and Matsuo Basho in a traditional 5-7-5 pattern. ■END■

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