ABSTRACT
The history of poetry in Korea goes back as far as 17 B.C. when King Yuri of the kingdom of Kokuryo wrote the Song of Yellow Birds:
Yellow birds play around,
Male and female together. How painful that I’m alone. Who do I return home with?
The history of poetry in Korea goes back as far as 17 B.C. when King Yuri of the kingdom of Kokuryo wrote the Song of Yellow Birds:
Yellow birds play around,
Male and female together. How painful that I’m alone. Who do I return home with?