[3][4] The traditional stories told him by his grandmother, his primary education and his youthful experiences influenced his literary style.

His poem Jahwasang (Portrait) describes a young poet whose desire to learn was interrupted by Imperial Japan in 1910.

However, Midang wrote Japanophilic literature for the newspaper Mail Ilbo from 1942 to 1944 under the Japanese penname, Datsushiro Shizuo (達城靜雄).

After the liberation, however, the concept of original sin and predestination that marked his early poetry was replaced by the quest for never-ending life found in eastern philosophy.

[10] His 100th anniversary in December 2016 was scheduled to be commemorated by the republication of his collected works which will now include recently discovered and previously unpublished poems.

The Midang Literary House was opened in the year after his death, sited in poet's native village and final resting place.

한 송이의 국화꽃을 피우기 위해 천둥은 먹구름 속에서 또 그렇게 울었나 보다.

그립고 아쉬움에 가슴 조이던 머언 먼 젊음의 뒤안길에서 인제는 돌아와 거울 앞에 선 내 누님같이 생긴 꽃이여.

노오란 네 꽃잎이 피려고 간밤엔 무서리가 저리 내리고 내게는 잠도 오지 않았나 보다.