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</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">This ballad became very popular among Korean children soon after Japan's surrender(August 15, 1945), Russia's advance to North Korea(August 1945) and America's march into the South(September 1945). </span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The ballad reflects</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> the exact geopolitical situation Korea had been facing for centuries. </span></div>
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<span style="padding-right:10px"> "CHOSUN, BE AWARE!"</span></h1><h1 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-right:inherit;background:inherit;font-size:17.27272605895996px;margin:12px 1px 9px 0px;font-weight:normal;padding:0px 0px 0px 8px">
<span style="padding-right:10px"> BALLAD OF A SHRIMP CRUSHED BY WARRING WHALES</span></h1><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>
</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <span style="line-height:16px"><b> "Á¶</b>¼±¾Æ <b>Á¶</b>½ÉÇضó!" " Chosun, Be Aware!</span><b> " </b> </div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p><b> ¹Ì</b>±¹À» <b>¹Ï</b>Áö ¸»°í, Don't Believe America,</p><p><b> ¼Ò</b>·Ã¿¡ <b>¼Ó</b>Áö ¸¶¶ó! Don't Be Cheated by Russia! </p>
<p><b style="line-height:16px"> Á¶</b><span style="line-height:16px">¼±¾Æ </span><b style="line-height:16px">Á¶</b><span style="line-height:16px">½ÉÇضó, Chosun, Be Aware, </span></p><p><b> ÀÏ</b>º»Àº <b>ÀÏ</b>¾î¼±´Ù! Japan Will Rise Again! </p>
<p> <b style="line-height:16px">Á¶</b><span style="line-height:16px">¼±¾Æ </span><b style="line-height:16px">Á¶</b><span style="line-height:16px">½ÉÇØÀÚ, Chosun, Be Alert,</span></p><p> <b>Áß</b>±¹¿¡ <b>Áß</b>ȵɶó! China May Absorb You!</p>
<p> ( Last two lines were added later.)</p><p></p><blockquote type="cite"><p><br></p><p>A few reasons for it's popularity may have been that, the ballad rhymes perfectly in Korean line by line. Also the 3-4, 3-4 pattern matches the familiar Korean Sijo(½ÃÁ¶) form. </p>
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