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There are some songs in Pansori (long dramatic song) which are sung separately as some arias of Western opera are. Some of them are said to be well composed by Pansori singers. These songs are expected to have more cohesion of text structure than those that are not sung separately. In order to examine this, I selected Hwacho Taryeong (Song of flowers) in Simcheongga (Song of Simcheong) sung by Han Ae-sun, which singers say to be well composed. I examined the composition of four types of rhythm in this song on a CD. First, I categorized the types of syntactic structure of Jangdan (rhythmic pattern) seen on the surface structure of Hwacho Taryeong. Then I measured how far they were deviated from the deep structure. The result showed a low extent of deviation in the beginning, highest at about 2/3 of the song then back to low again in the end. I categorized the types of the number of notes in each Jangdan of Hwacho Taryeong. Then I measured the density of notes. The result showed a low density in the beginning, highest at about 2/3 of the song then back to low again in the end. I categorized the types of setting words in each Jangdan of Hwacho Taryeong. Then I measured how far they were deviated from the Daemadi Daejangdan where words fall right on each bears. The result showed a low extent of deviation in the beginning, highest at about 2/3 of the song then back to low again in the end. I categorized the types of the number of notes in each Jangdan of Hwacho Taryeong. Then I measured the density of notes. The result showed a low density in the beginning, highest at about 2/3 of the song then back to low again in the end. I categorized the musical periods that section each Jangdan of Hwacho Taryeong according to the length. The result showed a repetition of short periods in the beginning of the song and ends with a long period. Unlike many other songs that are not composed with this text structure, Hwacho Taryeong reveals that the tension gets increased and reaches a climax at about 2/3 of the song then released, which represents a peculiar cohesion that goes together with literary gradation of citing different flowers.