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Jung Ha-sun’s refined yet powerful sijo, 〈Bamboo-Trap Anchovies〉, beautifully projects the nobility and positive sublimation of human life onto the journey of anchovies that have braved the wild currents of the clean South Sea. This...

memories cherished throughout the passage of time. Third Stanza (Lines 7–9): Emotional Purification and Sublime Sublimation Beneath the piercingly clear autumn sky, the cry from the deepest part of the heart ("the abyss")—which no...

a cry from its whole body" poignantly and beautifully portrays the act of blooming as both a poetic suffering and a sublimation where suppressed emotions and vital energy erupt. [Literary Review] A Crystallization of Life Bloomed from...

traditional form of a three-stanza, six-phrase sijo. The greatest virtue of this poem lies in contrast and sublimation. The contrast between 'persimmon blossoms' and '108 prayer beads,' and 'childhood laughter' and 'bluish detachment...