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[Today's Perspective] Lee Seon-yeong's Poem "Majuchin Seunggangi"

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  1. Lee Seon-yeong's poem "Majuchin Seunggangi" was introduced as a work that calmly explores the weight of life through the image of an elevator.
  2. The writer interpreted the words as conveying both the elevator's desire to rise and its wish to rest, and explained that the final line, "I feel less lonely," is the key.
  3. Pain does not disappear, but a place to lean on for a while becomes the strength to walk on again, which is the message of the poem as this article reads it.

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[Today's Perspective] Lee Seon-yeong's Poem "Majuchin Seunggangi"

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [오늘의 시선] 이선영 시인의 「마주친 승강기」

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