Long Conversations

Long Conversations - form Summary

Haiku's Compressed Immediacy

Presented as a haiku, the poem condenses a travel scene into a single, immediate image: two people sharing long conversations beside blooming irises. The haiku's brevity juxtaposes the idea of extended talk with a fleeting natural moment, turning companionship and seasonal bloom into a concentrated, sensory emblem of roadside joy. This compressed form reflects Bashō's itinerant life and his focus on transitory pleasures in nature.