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Traditionally, humans are considered subjects of historical activity with free will under the influence of reason. Human autonomy, dignity, and ethical morality are based on human will and autonomy to establish and comply with rules of conduct on their own. This understanding of humans faces a situation of readjustment due to the development of science and technology that realizes human improvement planning such as artificial intelligence and cyborg. The 'interpretation' of humans as the subject of rational judgment, the owner of free will, and the practitioner of moral ethics is questioned for its effectiveness. Relationships between artificial, life, and machine are established in the category of understanding of humans, and a new understanding and paradigm is sought. In SF's literary imagination and grammar, “The King and the Lyrics” reflects this reality and predicts the future society from the perspective of language extinction. It is noteworthy that although SF is wearing the cover of imagining the future based on science and technology, the novel deals with the problems of language, letters, and literature represented by lyric poetry. By monopolizing the social operating system, imperial enterprises became a 'state'. The 'King', the head of a company, tries to take 'eternal life' beyond the stage of owning the state. To realize this plan, he plans to extinguish emotions in the language that people use and leave only instructions. In the work, 'King' and Lyrics form a tense tension. Lyric poetry is an obstacle to the king's plan to extinguish emotions because it expresses human senses and emotions in implied language through metaphors and symbols. If this is reversed, it means that the emotional element of lyric poetry can be a weapon that can prevent the king's ambition. The language of various emotions and senses possessed by lyric poetry is represented by referring to and creating objects. The versatility of language is the basis for the existence of lyric poetry. By expressing emotions and emotions as individual experiences, and achieving sensations and resonations, individual and special senses become universal emotions. Experiences and emotions that individuals have differently are represented in tens of thousands of languages and interpreted differently, resulting in different meanings. The reason why the 'King' tries to eliminate lyricism is that he recognized the power of this division, derivation, and changing language.
