Tap dancing on the roof
Subtitle: sijo (poems)
By: by Linda Sue Park ; pictures by Istvan Banyai
Contributors: Banyai, Istvan, ill
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780618234837
Subjects: Children's poetry; Sijo; Children's poetry, American
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.
Notes: "Sijo = a Korean form of poetry."

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