What is the origin of poetry?

Folk songs. There were no poems in ancient times, only folk songs of working people. The earliest folk songs are primitive poems in the pre-Qin period, also known as primitive ballads. At that time, there were no words, and social productivity was extremely low. People could only express it in the form of oral creation. Primitive poetry involves the description of working life, the praise of love life and the expectation of natural life. Later, after collecting these poems, it became China's earliest collection of poems, The Book of Songs. With the development of the times, the format, expression and rhythm of poetry are constantly improved and perfected, forming poetry.