Ko Un is peaking of his own experiences of when he was put in jail in the Korean war in 1950-53 the was in jail for around 2 years he had a harsh life in jail and he tells us about that in the poem. Ko Un is speaking to the reader and telling us how he felt and how it emotionally affected him. The poem tells us that the season that the poem is set in is winter because his north facing window is getting afternoon sunlight.
The message that Ko Un is telling us is that jail and war is horrible and that the tiniest thing can make you happy. In the