About modern poetry

Modern poetry, also known as new poetry, refers to the poetry from the May 4th Movement to the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is a new style poem that adapts to the requirements of the times, reflects real life with the vernacular close to the masses, expresses the revolutionary content of science and democracy, and breaks the shackles of old-style poems with metrical form as the main symbol. 1953 used the name "Modern Poetry Society" for the first time-it was established when Ji Xian founded the "Modern Poetry Society".

Characteristics of modern poetry:

Modern poetry is free in form and rich in connotation, and image management is more important than rhetoric application. Compared with ancient poetry, although they all perceive things and reflect the soul, they completely break through the characteristics of ancient poetry, which are "gentle and sincere, mourning without complaining", and emphasize more on free and open, straightforward statements, and communication between sensible and intangible.

The mainstream of modern poetry is free verse. Free verse is the product of the May 4th New Culture Movement, which uses vernacular in form, breaking the shackles of old-style poetry, and mainly reflects new life and expresses new ideas in content.