Tap Dancing on the Roof
Subtitle: Sijo (Poems)
Contributors: Istvan Banyai (Illustrator)
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: October 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780618234837
Subjects: Juvenile Poetry; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; Children: Grades 1-2; People & Places - Asia; Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / Asia; Poetry - General; Children's poetry, American; Sijo; United States; General
Description: Sijo is a traditional Korean form of poetry. Sijo is syllabic, like Japanese haiku, with three lines of 14 to 16 syllables each: the first two introduce the topic, the third and fourth lines develop it, and the fifth and sixth lines contain an unexpected humorous or ironic twist. This collection contains 26 sijo.