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This poem is a Sijo which is a Korean form of poetry related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line is written in four groups of syllables that should be clearly differentiated from the other groups, yet still, flow together as a single line.