poetry; reflections of populations

hi, hello, 안녕 :wave: 🏻

so I know people might be a bit done

reading “____ as ____” blogs, but this

is a blog I’m really excited about as

i    will    be   relating    some   of   my

favorite k-pop groups to some of my

favorite robert frost poems. now you

might not be   a fan of poetry, you

might even find it silly and wonder

why I would even want to compare

these two things, but to me what

makes poetry so intriguing   is the

fact that   you can   find   your own

meaning to something, allowing you

to connect to these words in a way

no one else can. and that is what I

plan to do when talking about these

poems and kpop groups. I will go in

detailed   explanations   in   order to

express   the    depth   of   not    only

poetry but also   kpop groups and

their importance to their fans.   so

hopefully you enjoy.

let’s get to it!

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knk; lodged

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││ “The rain to the wind said,

||   You push and I’ll pelt.’

||   They so smote the garden bed

||   That the flowers actually knelt,

||   And lay lodged—though not dead.

||   I know how the flowers felt.”

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i don’t know how many of you know

but knk have been through a lot as

a group.   some   of you might not

even know them as a group. they

debuted in early 2016 to   a small

company, their debut seemed very

promising, even to this day being

their most watched mv. starting as

they did, they were much like budd

–ing   flowers   in   the spring.   they

began to flourish, receiving praise

for   having music   reminiscent   of

older   kpop    groups.   however as

time      ed,       their       original

recognition didn’t take them very

far with all their other   comebacks

struggling   to    get 1M.   

then    the   worst    time   came   for

tinkerbells, which is knk’s fandom,

the year and a half hiatus with the

departure    of    our    beloved    kim

youjin. that time is very much like

the wind and the rain.   throughout

much of the group’s time together

they have been ‘pelted’ and ‘pushed‘

by   many   things.   they have been

forced   to   ‘kneel’,   staying    as   an

under    appreciated   group.   luckily

for   knk,    they   were   not   entirely

destroyed by   the negativity.   they

are just about to go on a european

tour with their second release of the

year,   after they just finished their

american tour with their first release

of the year. they were able to over–

come   the   rain and the wind and

stand up again. and I truly believe

2019 will be their year. they have a

lot of things going for them. and at

the   end   of the day, knk truly do

know how the flowers felt because

they are in fact the flowers.

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highlight; into my own

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││ “One of my wishes is that those dark trees,

||   So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze

||   Were not, as ’twere, the merest mask of gloom,

||   But stretched away unto the edge of doom.

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||   I should not be withheld but that some day

||   Into their vastness I should steal away,

||   Fearless of ever finding open land,

||   Or highway where the slow wheel pours the sand.

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||   I do not see why I should e’er turn back,

||   Or those should not set forth upon my track

||   To overtake me, who should miss me here

||   And long to know if still I held them dear.

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||   They would not find me changed from him they

||    knew—Only more sure of all I thought was true.”

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so what I get from this poem is the

speaker is going on a journey, one

which might not   necessarily   be

ed or might be a little risky.

the    speaker    is   aware   of    the

struggles that could lie ahead but

wishes   to   pursue   their   dreams.

and specifically   the   last   stanza,

which is a personal favorite of mine,

speaking of   how even though   a

vast    adventure    lies   ahead, the

speaker will still be the same as

they always have been, only better

for themself.

in this way, the group of relate this

poem to is highlight. the forest in

this poem is their life in the music

industry, and the adventure they

are able to go on that is risky is

their situation of going from beast

to highlight. the boys have been

through   a   lot   of   changes   and

issues, losing hyunseung and then

leaving cube and having to change

their group name. however, all of

these occurrences are just part of

their journey through the woods,

through the k-pop world, which

allows   them to grow. and   even

though some things are different

from their origins as beast, such

as their overall   sound. which is

quite evident when you compare

fiction     to         plz don’t be sad

but if you are a fan you’ll know

that this difference is nothing to

be concerned about as highlight is

the same group they always have

been. they are only wiser of the

world and now more capable to

handle anything thrown their way.

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shinhwa; what fifty said

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││ “When I was young my teachers were the old.

||   I gave up fire for form till I was cold.

||   I suffered like a metal being cast.

||   I went to school to age to learn the past.

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||   Now when I am old my teachers are the young.

||   What can’t be molded must be cracked and

||   sprung.

||   I strain at lessons fit to start a suture.

||   I got to school to youth to learn the future.”

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as you might be able to tell this is a

poem   about   aging    and   learning

and if group is going to be related

to a poem about age it’s shinhwa.

shinhwa is the longest running kpop

groups, debuting in 1998 and even

continuing to work together for the

last 21 years. of course, in order to

stay relevant for over two decades

you   have   to    go    through    some

learning situations.

as   a rookie group, shinhwa would

look   towards   not   only what their

company told them to do but also

the artists who came before them,

such   as   seo   taiji   and   the   boys.

these mentors are then in a sense

the   teachers   in   the    first   stanza.

shinhwa could   learn from previous

hits how to handle themselves and

their music   to become successful.

and of course as anyone trying to

get   into   the limelight, they would

face struggles such as the ‘suffering

like a metal being cast’ in the poem.

and then as they would continue to

work, they most likely became the

’teachers’   for   the   young   of   the

next generations   who followed   in

their footsteps,   figuring   out right

from   wrong   and   who   they were

musically.

however, of course, as older idols

they   would   have   to   continue to

re-invent   themselves    in order to

stay relevant, and that is where the

second stanza comes in. after all of

the exited the army, the

music world was different, they had

to learn again what it meant to be

musicians   in   the   modern era, in

order to keep their popularity, they

had   to be ‘crack’ed and ‘sprung’

into newer vibes while still staying

true to themselves. so they went

back to school so to speak, to pick

back up where the left off, and I can

say proudly that they’re still killing it.

and    they’ll    continue    to    kill    it,

because I know a lot of people are

about   who   waved   the   way   and

everything but when it comes down

to it, I really think everybody’s just

feeding off each other while having

their own little spin to it. kpop is a

community not only for the fans but

also the   artists. It’s   just   one big

for people to sit down and enjoy

some good   music   while possibly

learning a thing or two.

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got7; the rose family

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││ “The rose is a rose,

||   And was always a rose.

||   But the theory now goes

||   That the apple’s a rose,

||   And the pear is, and so’s

||   The plum, I suppose.

||   The dear only knows

||   What will next prove a rose.

||   You, of course, are a rose –

||    But were always a rose.”

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i feel like this poem kinda stands

out   among   the others,   because

you   might   read this and be like

wait, all these fruits and even I, the

reader, are all a rose? that doesn’t

make any sense, but I think that’s

what is so interesting about it as

it   takes all of these   things   that

objectively are no way   similar to

roses,     but    then    asks    us    to

subjectively   put   things   together

into a grouping.

for    example,    take    got7.    each

member is very different, especially

when you take mark, Jackson and

bambam into consideration, seeing

that they are all from very different

life styles. not to even mention the

korean are very different

too. and yet here they are all fitting

together, like   a   family. so if the

rose is a rose and subjectively we

know that roses   are    something

special,   such as our idols,   then

anything that we find extraordinary

is a rose, even if the   proclaimed

rose is nothing like   an   ordinary

rose. therefore if you take seven

unique guys and put them into a

group,   such as got7,   then they

are all roses.

and then who might be the dear?

why it’s we the fans, because only

we   know   for   ourselves who is

special enough to be a rose. and

in fact,   we   are   roses   as   well,

including   the fan base into the

rose    family,    because    this    is

especially true for got7 and ahgase

but a group is nothing without its

fans, and we are just as special as

they    are.    we   are    all   in   this

together as one big family.

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ateez; a prayer in spring

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││ “OH, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;

||   And give us not to think so far away

||   As the uncertain harvest; keep us here

||   All simply in the springing of the year.

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||   Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,

||   Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;

||   And make us happy in the happy bees,

||   The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.

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||   And make us happy in the darting bird

||   That suddenly above the bees is heard,

||   The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,

||   And off a blossom in mid air stands still.

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||    For this is love and nothing else is love,

||   The which it is reserved for God above

||   To sanctify to what far ends He will,

||    But which it only needs that we fulfil.”

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for this one, I’d like to focus on the

first stanza. I personally really like

this poem, I find it really calming

as it speaks about focusing on the

present and paying attention   to

the little things in order to not get

caught up   in all the stress and

worries of the future and life. and

i just find that message to be very

moving in general, but in this blog

i feel like it best fits a rookie group

by the name of ateez. I picked this

group in particular because they

are a new group.

they have   such a bright future

ahead of them, especially as they

started out so strong right off the

bat. I am them to be able to keep

this rookie mind set of modesty,

focusing on   their   actions   and

achievements of right now, and

not worrying about what kind of

group they’re going to be years

down the   line. I want them to

hold      on      to      their     happy

memories, which can be related

to the flowers in the poem, of

their first win and their success

–ful    american    and    european

tours       Band         even       their

performances   at kcon.   I’d like

for them to stay in these happy

moments. because we’re never

really sure what the ‘uncertain

harvest’, or   the    future   rather,

has   in   store for   us. It   would

just    be    great     for    them   to

forever   be calm and happy as

they are    at   the beginning   of

their   careers.

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in conclusion,

that’s how I would compare some

of my   favorite kpop groups to

some of my   favorite   poems. I

hope they make sense and I hope

you    enjoyed      reading     them!

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question time:

do you like poems?

what do you think of these poems?

what do you think of my comparisons?

are there other groups you’d compare these poems to?

— ƒɑҍӏҽs