The earliest known form of native Korean poetry, composed during the Silla and early Goryeo periods using hyangchal, a system of Chinese characters adapted to record Korean sounds and grammar, before the form died out and was displaced by later Korean verse forms including sijo.
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Place of OriginKorea, Silla and early Goryeo periods (7th-10th century). 1 StructureMost commonly ten lines organized in three stanzas (4-4-2), written in the hyangchal transcription system; a simpler four-line form also survives. 1 Notable ExampleThe twenty-five surviving hyangga preserved in the Samguk Yusa and the Gyunyeojeon. 1 Connections
Form Of Genre
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Digital Library of Korean Literature (LTI Korea)
Hyangga entry, opening definitionQuote, Hyangga entry, opening definition
The Hyangga (鄕歌) is a native song genre from the Silla dynasty (B.C. 57-935) and into the early Goryeo dynasty (918-1392).
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