Read the excerpt from "Seventeen Syllables.”Now, how to reach her mother, how to communicate the melancholy song? Rosie knew formal Japanese by fits and starts, her mother had even less English, no French. It was much more possible to say yes, yes.

Rosie and her mother do not share a language well enough to communicate the meaning of the “melancholy song.” Since saying “yes, yes” is easier than expressing what she really wants to say, Rosie likely feels frustrated. The passage does not suggest that she is excited, angry, or entertained.

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