Read the first haiku.Mountain-rose petalsfalling, falling, falling now . . .waterfall musicNow, read the second haiku.By that fallen housethe pear-tree stands full-blooming . . .an ancient battle-site

Both haiku place beauty in a setting of change or loss. In the first, falling rose petals are paired with the music of a waterfall; in the second, a pear tree blooms beside a fallen house at an ancient battle site. Together, these images suggest that beauty endures even amid destruction, which is choice A.

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