Seven-character metrical poetry refers to seven-character and eight-sentence poetry, which conforms to the norms of metrical poetry. Its meter is very strict, and there are strict rules in terms of words, rhymes, leveling and antithesis.
The length is fixed. Eight sentences, seven words each, * * * 56 words. Every two sentences are a couplet, * * * quadruple, which is divided into the first couplet, the parallel couplet, the neck couplet and the tail couplet, and the middle two couplets require antithesis. The first and second sentences are called "first couplet", the third and fourth sentences are called "parallel couplet", the fifth and sixth sentences are called "neck couplet" and the seventh and eighth sentences are called "tail couplet".
There are four sentences, the first sentence is called the first couplet, the second sentence is called the parallel couplet, the third sentence is called the neck couplet or the abdomen couplet, and the fourth sentence is called the tail couplet. It is called this way because Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, compared a rhythmic poem to a dragon, whose head and horns are towering, so the first couplet should come straight to the point and take the lead.
Under the dragon's chin, that is, under the chin, are beads cultivated by the aura of heaven and earth, so couplets are also called poetic throats, which has always been the most famous sentence; The third joint should be able to rotate smoothly, and the neck and abdomen of the dragon are the most flexible, so it is called the neck and abdomen joint; The dragon tail has the power to beat the mountain and lift the sea, and the tail joint must be strong. Only in this way can we complete a good metrical poem.
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In metrical poetry, five words are more refined than seven. Starting from the five laws, it is easy to master the syntax of poetry and write poems with artistic tension. Learning poetry from five laws, expanding from five laws to seven laws, and then learning seven laws are the basic ways for the ancients to learn modern poetry.
In ancient people's minds, the seven laws are the most difficult poetic style. The five laws are based on emptiness and profound meaning, and can even be ethereal and quiet; The seven laws are magnificent and powerful. According to these standards, Cui Shi Villa in "Nine Days Lantian Yellow Crane Tower" published in the Song Dynasty really deserves the title of "nonsense", and the Yellow Crane Tower is even more magnificent and vigorous.
Although the first four sentences of the Yellow Crane Tower don't even match the antithesis, the antithesis of couplets is also a problem, but the overall writing is vigorous and rare for others. Look at other people's seven laws, whether it's eight mountaineering or five generals. Although the titles are different and the themes are different, they are basically based on the magnificent seven laws, which are all within the magnificent style and scope.
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