The similarities and differences between duality, antithesis, and couplets. For many beginners, it may be difficult to distinguish the differences between duality sentences, antithetical sentences and couplets, and they may even think that they refer to the same type. form sentences. Let’s take a look at a few sets of sentence patterns:
Only dual, not antagonistic:
The red rain turns into waves at will, and the green mountains turn into bridges deliberately.
Two orioles sang in the green willows, and a row of egrets climbed into the blue sky.
Both dual and antithetical:
The reeds on the wall are top-heavy and have shallow roots;
The bamboo shoots in the mountains have sharp mouths, thick skin and hollow bellies.
It is both dual, antagonistic and related:
It is difficult to cut off the resentment of a bitch,
A long song should laugh at the sorrow of a young man.
The biggest difference between duality and confrontation is that duality does not require substitution, while confrontation requires substitution. The couplets not only need to be substituted, but also related.
In a sense, antithesis is the emergence of the early fixed pattern of couplets. The antithetical couplet is the germ of the early pattern of couplets.
It can also be said that antithesis is an improvement in the expression form of rhythmic poetry. The two antithetical sentences in the middle of the rhythmic poetry are the condensation of the poem and the core value of the poetic style.
So, can duality be classified as couplet? cannot! Couple sentences are even sentences. Although they resemble each other, they cannot be classified as couplets. Just like words, many word patterns are similar to poetry styles, but they cannot be called poems. Each has its own moves. A layman can only watch the excitement, but an expert can only see the secrets.
Flowers bloom all over the canyon in spring, and in autumn the mountainsides are covered with fruits.
This is a couplet, not a confrontation, let alone a couplet.
The antithetical couplets can also have repeated characters, including the current couplets, but the repeated characters can only appear in their respective halves, and the same repeated character cannot appear in the upper and lower sentences at the same time.
Of course, the current couplets also allow the virtual words in the upper and lower couplets to appear at the same time under certain circumstances, such as, zhi, xi and other antithetical sentences, which serve to provide an overall flow for the whole poem. joint effect.
The main axis of opposition is like a thread, running from beginning to end, giving the poem a backbone and a cohesive meaning. The antithetical sentences in the poem also play the role of succession and synthesis, making the poem flow smoothly without departing from the theme, and the content is compact without being messy, which increases the appreciation and evaluation.
Couplets must be antithetical, and couplets are a more refined sentence structure than antitheses.
His eyebrows are cold and he points his fingers at thousands of people,
He bows his head and is willing to be a Ruzi Niu.
Many people say that this sentence is a couplet, but in fact it is not. It can only be regarded as a confrontation.
For example:
There is no colorful phoenix flying wings in the body,
There is a clear understanding in the heart.
The first four characters are correct, but the parts of speech of Shuangfeiyi and Yidiantong obviously cannot correspond, so they can only be regarded as antitheses, not couplets.
So, should the two couplets in the rhymed poem be duality or antithesis? Of course it's a confrontation.
What is the definition of couplet? To put it simply: couplets are derived from the expression form of antithetical sentences and antithetical sentences in poetry. However, they are different from antithetical sentences. The antithetical sentences serve more as a link between the previous and the following in the poem, while the couplets are self-contained and can be written independently. Successful intention.
There is no way out despite the mountains and rivers.
There is another village with hidden flowers and bright flowers.
Contrast sentences like this are more for the expression of rhythmic poetry, and they are much thinner when written independently. Because the second couplet in the verse is the key point of inheritance. Its meaning must inherit the meaning of the sentence. The third couplet must also be changed. This change is also related to the artistic conception of the whole poem. Therefore, If you take out any couplet in the rhymed poem alone, you will feel that the expression is a bit abrupt.