Poetry, as a literary genre, has various forms and can be recited. In ancient China, the main criterion for distinguishing "poetry" from "non-poetry" was "whether it rhymes" (anything that doesn't rhyme is definitely a poem). After the New Culture Movement, under the influence of western literature, some writers created rhyming new poems. Since then, "Rhyme Poetry" has officially entered the stage of China literature, and even once became the mainstream of poetry. The main features of poetry are highly concentrated reflection of social life, condensation of the author's strong thoughts and feelings, imagination, concise and vivid language and distinct sense of rhythm.
Poetry is a highly concentrated literary genre that reflects social life. Full of the author's thoughts and feelings and rich imagination. Its language is concise and vivid, with distinct rhythm, harmonious rhyme and rich musical beauty. The sentences are generally in rows and pay attention to the beauty of structural form. He Qifang, a modern poet and literary critic in China, once said: "Poetry is the literary style that most strongly reflects social life. It is full of rich imagination and feelings, and it is often expressed in a direct lyrical way. Moreover, in the degree of exquisiteness and harmony, especially in the distinct rhythm, its language and prose are different. " This definition summarizes several basic characteristics of poetry: first, it reflects life in a highly concentrated and general way; The second is lyrical expression, full of rich thoughts and feelings; Third, rich imagination, association and fantasy; Fourth, language has musical beauty.