Independent Activity 1

Now try to read the poem below then answer these questions on your notebook

Pomegranates
(Sin Hum 1566-1628)
Translated by Graeme Wilson

It rained last night The pomegranates,
Red and orange-red,
Have all burst open into flower.


Not to be comforted,
I sit in this cool pavilion
Set in a lotus lake
And under its glass-bead curtains wait
For my closed heart to break


1. In Korea, the pomegranate is a symbol of good omen and fertility. What representation is hinted by the pomegranate being rained on? ​