Sijo (pronounced SHEE-zho) is an ancient Korean traditional style of poetry. It typically has three lines of thirteen to seventeen syllables. The first line introduces the subject, the second line expounds on it and the third line throws in a surprise. Sometimes the three lines are divided into six shorter lines. Topics usually found in this poetry are broad in range-from personal experiences, relationships, everyday moments, and also describing the nature.
In this book, Ms. Park writes about a lot of different topics (breakfast, long division, frog, soccer). I love how she organized the poems--the reader reads through the season but also one day! The first poem is about breakfast and the last one is titled "Day's End". In between, however, the poem topics follow the season order, beginning with fall and school.
*Highly recommend.
Pair with Ms. Park's newer book, The One Thing You'd Save.
-Borrowed from the library.
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