The poem Yan Lai was written by Wei Zhuang, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. In Yan Lai, the subject "I" did not appear, but was personified and said in the tone of a swallow. Last year, the swallow said goodbye and returned this year. My eyes saw a new thatched cottage, but the owner of the house here was not the owner of last year.
Classification of ancient poems
Classical poetry is free in meter, does not require antithesis and leveling, rhymes freely, and is not limited in length. There are four words, five words, six words, seven words and miscellaneous words in the sentence, which are also called ancient Chinese poetry.
Four fonts
Four-character poems prevailed in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there were few other poems except Chu Ci. Four-character poem is the earliest poetic style in ancient times. Four-character poems are the basic genres in The Book of Songs, such as national style, Xiaoya and elegance. In other ancient books of pre-Qin and Han dynasties, four fonts are also the main characters.
Five fonts
Five-character poetry, ancient poetry genre. Refers to a five-word poem, and the whole poem consists of five words. Five-character poems can accommodate more words, thus expanding the capacity of poems and expressing feelings and narratives more flexibly and meticulously. In terms of syllables, even-odd matching is more musical.
Seven fonts
Seven-character poems include seven-character ancient poems, seven-character metrical poems and seven-character quatrains. Seven-character style is a genre of ancient poetry, which is mainly composed of seven words or seven sentences per sentence. It originated from Han folk songs. The appearance of seven-character poems provides a new and bigger form for poetry and enriches the artistic expression of China's classical poems.
Miscellaneous style
Miscellaneous poems, named after the different lengths of sentences in the poems, have variable numbers of words, the shortest is only one word, and the long sentences are more than nine spans, mostly three, four, five and seven words. It is characterized by its relatively free form, which is convenient for expressing thoughts and feelings freely. Any poet who wins by emotion or momentum has a great preference for miscellaneous poems.