A Poet Who Loved Stars
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In the sky where seasons pass in a ____
____ fills the air.
And ready I stand, ____ a worry,
To count ____ the stars there.
Memory for ____ star,
____ for another star,
Loneliness for another ____,
Longing for another ____,
____ for another star,
And, oh, mother, mother for ____ star.
본문 2
Have ____ read these lines before?
They are part of the poem "____ Stars at Night" by Yoon Dong-ju.
The poem was written a long ____ ago but still remains one of Korea's favorite poems.
Dong-ju was born in 1917 near ____, China.
As a young ____, he loved sports, and he was a soccer player for his school.
He also ____ sewing so much that he sewed the numbers on all his friends' soccer uniforms.
However, it was ____ that he loved most.
In elementary school he wrote a ____ of poems.
He even made a literary magazine with his cousin, ____ Mong-gyu.
In middle school he once borrowed a poetry ____ by a famous poet of the time, Baek Seok, and copied the whole book by hand.
He really ____ to have his own copy of the rare book.
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His ____ wanted him to be a doctor, but Dong-ju chose to study literature at a college in Seoul.
During his college years, he often hung out with other young poets and wrote poetry where he expressed feelings about his ____ and lost country.
To ____ his graduation, he wished to publish 19 of his poems under the title, Heaven, Wind, Stars, and Poetry.
He made three copies of the ____ by hand.
One was given to his ____ friend, Jeong Byeong-uk, another was presented to his favorite professor, and the last one was kept for himself.
However, his professor advised against his plan because he thought the Japanese government would not ____ the publication.
____ followed his advice and gave up the idea.
Dong-ju decided to study further in the country where his father had ____ before.
So, in 1942, Dong-ju and his cousin began to ____ in Japan.
On July 10 the following ____, his cousin was arrested by the Japanese police for taking part in an independence movement.
Four days later, Dong-ju was also arrested on the same ____.
In 1945, Dong-ju and his cousin died in prison after harsh ____ by the police.
It was just a few ____ later that Korea achieved independence from Japan.
In 1948, Jeong Byeong-uk brought Dong-ju's poems to the poet's brother, and they were ____ published.
The book was given the title the poet had ____ of many years before.
His poems are loved by people of all ages, and thus they still shine brightly in our hearts like the ____ in the autumn night sky.