The name "Modern Poetry" was first used in 1953 when Ji Xian founded the "Modern Poetry Society". The meaning of modern poetry:
1. The form is free
2. The connotation is open
3. Image management is more important than rhetoric
Comparison between "classical poetry" and "modern poetry":
"Poems" are all written by being inspired by things, and are reflections of the soul. "Classical poetry" uses the poetic concept of "innocent thinking" to express gentleness, sadness but not resentment, emphasizing the "between the incomprehensible and the incomprehensible". "; "Modern poetry" emphasizes the spirit of freedom and openness, and communicates "between the sensible and the insensible" with straightforward situational statements.
Characteristics of modern poetry
* It has a high degree of generality, vivid imagery, strong lyricism and harmonious musicality, and is arranged in separate lines in form.
Ten major schools of modern poetry
* Realism.
* Aestheticism
* Symbolism
* New Romanticism
* Imagism
* Future Ism
* Expressionism
* Surrealism
* Postmodernism
* Concreteism
Classification of modern poetry
There are many ways to classify poetry, which can be divided into different categories according to different principles and standards. The basic ones are as follows:
1. Lyric poetry. This is divided according to the expression of the content of the work.
(1) Narrative poetry: The poem has a relatively complete storyline and characters, usually expressed in the poet's passionate singing style. , story poems, verse novels, etc. all belong to this category. Epic poems such as "Iliad" and "Odyssey" by ancient Greek Homer; story poems such as "Wang Gui and Li Xiangxiang" by Chinese poet Li Ji; verse novels such as "Wang Gui and Li Xiangxiang" by Chinese poet Li Ji. "Don Juan" by the British poet Byron, and "Eugene Onegin" by the Russian poet Pushkin
(2) Lyric poetry: mainly reflects social life by directly expressing the poet's thoughts and feelings. , It is not required to describe the complete storyline and characters. For example, there are many such works, such as love songs, odes, elegies, pastoral poems and satirical poems.
Of course, narrative and lyrical poems are also included. They are not completely separated. Narrative poetry also has a certain degree of lyricism, but its lyrical requirements must be closely integrated with the narrative. Lyric poetry also often narrates certain segments of life, but it cannot be extended and should be subject to the needs of lyricism.
2. Metric poetry, free verse and prose poetry are classified according to the rhythm and structure of the work's language.
(1) Metric poetry: It is written according to certain formats and rules. Poetry. It has strict regulations on the number of lines of poems, the number of words (or syllables) of poems, tones and rhymes, word antithesis, sentence arrangement, etc., such as "rhymed poetry", "quatrains" and "ci" and "qu" in ancient Chinese poetry ”, European “Sonnet”.
(2) Free verse: It is a poetry style newly developed in Europe and America in modern times. It is not restricted by meter, has no fixed format, pays attention to natural and inner rhythm, rhymes with roughly similar rhymes or no rhymes, has relatively free number of words, lines, sentence patterns and tones, and the language is relatively popular. The American poet Whitman (1819-1892) is the founder of European and American free verse, and "Leaves of Grass" is his main collection of poems. This style of poetry has also been popular since the May 4th Movement in my country.
(3) Prose poetry: It is a literary genre that has the characteristics of both prose and poetry. The works contain poetic artistic conception and passion, are often full of philosophy, focus on natural rhythm and musical beauty, are short in length, and have no lines or rhymes like prose, such as Lu Xun's "Wild Grass".
The development of modern poetry
Modern Chinese poetry can also be divided into two relatively independent stages:
* Modern Chinese poetry: the first half of the twentieth century Previous poetry is called Chinese modern poetry
* Chinese contemporary poetry: Poetry after the second half of the twentieth century is called Chinese contemporary poetry