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Use any type of platform (google docs, canva, etc.) to create a poem (of your choice).

Choose any topic you would like that resonates with the colonial rule and how it has effected the Koreans.

Optional: You can create a Sijo (Korean poem) that will give you a better idea of what Yoon Dong-jun had written in the past (shown in the sources).

A Sijo consists of three lines of 14-16 syllables each for a total of 44-46 syllables.

Here is a source that will help guide you in writing your Sijo!

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/sijo-poetic-form

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"A Poem I've Written Easily" by Yoon Dong-ju

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"A Poem I've Written Easily" by Yoon Dong-ju

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Creative Source

Rhetorical Situation:

Writer: Yoon dong-ju

Text/Subject: Poem of the guilt and hardships he face during the colonization of Korea.

Audience: General Korean population. Consumers of poetry.

Context: Yoon's personal history, the confusion of what is right and wrong and the comparrison to how life is hard but poems are easily written.

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A Poem I've Written Easily by Dongju Yun

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Comments & analysis: A night rain whispers outside the window. / The floor of my room in a foreign land

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"How Japan Took Control of Korea" by Erin Blackmore

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"How Japan Took Control of Korea" by Erin Blackmore

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Informational Source

Rhetorical Situation:

Writer: Erin Blackmore

Text/Subject: An article that circles around the trajedy of the colonization of Korea and how the Japanese were able to be so successfull along with what they did to the Korean civilians.

Audience: General US population and those who are interested in war history.

Context: The system in which wiped out culture, language, and history, of Korea.

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How Japan Took Control of Korea | HISTORY

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Between 1910 and 1945, Japan worked to wipe out Korean culture, language and history.

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Creative Source

Rhetorical Situation:

Composer: Ahn Eak-tai

Text/Subject: The national anthem that signifies Korea's independence and was used in movements/protests against the Japanese.

Audience: General Korean population

Context: The patriotism and resilience for freedom is shown in Koreans fighting for their freedom and identity.

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"Aegukga" South Korea National Anthem English lyrics

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*CONTENT DISCLAIMER: SEXUAL ASSULT*

Informational Source

Rhetorical Situation:

Interviewer: Stephan (Asian Boss)

Text/Subject: An interview on Kim Bok-Dong and her personal experience as a comfort woman and the extremeties the women had to endure.

Audience: General US population, general Korean population, and the people that want to learn more about the history of "comfort women".

Context: History of the women experience during the colonial rule.

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Life As A “Comfort Woman”: Story of Kim Bok-Dong | STAY CURIOUS #9

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Yoon, Dong-jun. “‘Easily Written Poem.’” Poetry Daily, 7 Sept. 2021, poems.com/poem/easily-written-poem/.

“Life as a ‘Comfort Woman’: Story of Kim Bok-Dong | Stay Curious #9.” YouTube, YouTube, 28 Oct. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsT97ax_Xb0.

Blackmore, Erin. “How Japan Took Control of Korea.” History.Com, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/news/japan-colonization-korea. Accessed 9 May 2024.

“What Japan Doesn’t Want You to Know about Their Korean Invasion.” YouTube, YouTube, 14 July 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro1uQW9CrKA.

“The National Anthem - Aegukga.” National Administration> National Symbols of the Republic of Korea> the National Anthem - Aegukga, www.mois.go.kr/eng/sub/a03/nationalSymbol_2/screen.do. Accessed 9 May 2024.

“‘aegukga’ South Korea National Anthem English Lyrics.” YouTube, YouTube, 20 May 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=CceXXXubvdE.

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"What Japan DOESN'T Want You To Know About Their Korean Invasion" by A Day In History 

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"What Japan DOESN'T Want You To Know About Their Korean Invasion" by A Day In History 

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Time stamp - 5:00-17:15

Creative Source

Rhetorical Situation:

Channel: A Day In History

Text/subject: An informative video that gives a visualizing timeline from 1894-1945 and the beginning to which Japan had found interest in Korea.

Audience: General US population, people interested in the World War II.

Context: Japan's extensive policy of cultural genocide in Koreans and the wars between countries.

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What Japan DOESN'T Want You To Know About Their Korean Invasion