5) The poet has written the poem to possibly explain the diffrences of autum and spring. As the in the first stanaz's of the poem explains spring " Stands a single willow tree, Fresh in spring colour" The poet then creates a contrast between autum and spring in the last few stanza's this contrast is show in stanza 6 "The ground is covered with frost, The autum is drawing to its close."

6) The landscape in the poem described in the first stanza 'The gentle slopes of the mountains' and 'the river descends far and distant' in the 2nd stanza the poet creates and image for the audience, making the audience feel like they are surrounded by the landscape he/she has created. The poet creates the sense of smell for the reader through the line "Plum-Fragrance filling the village" and a strong sense of sound in the line "Every push of the oar. Is audiable from a passing boat." These techniques used by the poet agian engage the reader and makes them feel as if they are standing right next to the poet writting the poem.

7) You can't learn much from the poem of the poet as not much of the poet is injected into the poem itself. Although the poem is a japanese poem and therefore possibly a japanese poet and poets where often women. So the poet could possibly be a woman.