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Abstract

The formal aspects of the modern sijo have been controversial with regard to the essential features of the sijo genre and its survival. The formal deviation of modern sijo poems raised the question such as how much deviation could be allowed. In this regard, this paper investigated the transformation of the sijo metrics in modern sijo and its implication. In chapter2, the metrical features of the sijo genre were discussed because they had still been controversial. This paper suggested that the metrics of the sijo should be understood as syllabic. Although the syllabic number of a colon is not fixed in a sijo, it follows less strict rules; a colon is often composed with three or four syllables, and the latter colon is greater than or equals to the former one in a half line of a sijo poem. In chapter3, the transformation of the sijo metrics in modern sijo was discussed. In Lee Ho-woo's sijo poems, which were selected as examples, the metrical features of the sijo were often transformed with regard to the poetic themes and the poet's literary consciousness. The longer colons that were often used in Lee's works were related to the anxiety and disharmonious feeling of his time. The reversed form of the half-lines also had connection with the modern poet's consciousness, which considers the poetic imagery and colloquialism as important and pursues the rhythm of free verse. In summary, the transformation of the sijo metrics in modern sijo poems occurs while the sijo metrics negotiates with the rhythmic sense of modern sijo poets. Disregarding the existing metrics would result in abstruseness, whereas sticking to the metrical rules would produce antiquated works. Therefore, the writers and the readers of modern sijo poems should be able to feel the tension between the sijo metrics and the poets' rhythmic sense and poetic consciousness.