Poetry is one of the basic styles of literature. It reflects social life in the most concentrated, refined and general way, and is full of the author's strong feelings and rich imagination. The language is more condensed and harmonious than prose, with strong musicality and distinct rhythm and rhyme. Except for prose poems, they are generally arranged in separate lines. Poetry is the original literary style, which originated from labor. It has a long history in China and has differentiated into other literary genres: prose emerged from the development of lyric poetry, novels emerged from the development of narrative poetry, and the synthesis of narrative poetry and lyric poetry , produced poetic drama, and drama emerged from the development of poetic drama. In ancient China, poems and songs were different, poems were for recitation, and songs were for singing; now both poems and songs are collectively called poetry. Poetry can be divided into lyric poetry, narrative poetry, and philosophical poetry in terms of nature; in terms of form, it can be divided into metrical poetry, free verse, prose poetry, ballads, etc.; in terms of rhyme, it can be divided into rhymed poetry and blank poetry. Chinese poetry can be divided into old poetry and new poetry. Old poetry includes ancient poetry and modern poetry.
Our country is a country of poetry and has an extremely rich poetic heritage. The earliest poetry collection "The Book of Songs", as well as Chu Ci, Han Yuefu, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties folk songs, Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan opera, etc. , constitutes the long and glorious history of Chinese poetry.
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Poetry originated from the labor cry of primitive people. At first, it formed a trinity with music and dance, and then gradually became independent. It is the earliest among all kinds of literature. The emergence of literary styles.
Philosophical poetry refers to a kind of poetry that embodies the poet's philosophical thoughts. Its deep, implicit, meaningful and abstract philosophy is often embedded in distinctive artistic images.