Poetry can be divided into narrative poetry and lyric poetry according to the way of expression.
1. Narrative poetry: The poem has a relatively complete storyline and characters, which are usually expressed in the poet's passionate singing style. Epic poems, story poems, verse novels, etc. all belong to this category.
2. Lyric poetry: mainly reflects social life by directly expressing the poet's thoughts and feelings, and does not require the description of complete storylines and characters. There are love songs, odes, laments, elegy, pastoral and satirical poems, etc.
Of course, narrative and lyricism are not completely separated. Narrative poetry also has a certain degree of lyricism, but its lyricism must be closely integrated with the narrative. Lyric poems also often narrate certain segments of life, but they cannot be extended and should be subject to the needs of lyricism.
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Other classification methods of poetry
According to rhythm classification, it can be divided into:
1. Ancient poetry: including ancient poetry (Tang Dynasty) Previous poems), Chu Ci, Yuefu Poetry. Poems with ancient poetry themes such as "song", "gexing", "yin", "qu" and "yin" also belong to ancient poetry. Ancient poetry does not focus on antithesis and rhymes more freely. The development trajectory of ancient poetry: "The Book of Songs" → Chu Ci → Han Fu → Han Yuefu → Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties folk songs → Jian'an poetry → Tao Shi and other literati five-character poems → the ancient style and new Yuefu of the Tang Dynasty.
2. Modern poetry: As opposed to ancient poetry, it is also called modern poetry. It is a metrical poetry formed in the Tang Dynasty. It is divided into two types: quatrains and rhymed poetry. Its number of words, number of sentences, level and rhyme There are strict regulations.
3. Ci: It is also called poetry, long and short sentences, tunes, tunes and lyrics, Yuefu, etc. Its characteristics: the tune has a definite pattern, the sentences have a definite number, and the words have a definite tone. Depending on the number of words, it can be divided into long tune (more than 91 words), middle tune (59~90 words), and small tune (within 58 words).
4. Qu: Also known as Ciyu and Yuefu. Yuan opera includes Sanqu and Zaju.
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