The following is an introduction to ancient poetry:
Ancient poetry is the general name of China's ancient poetry, which refers to the poems created by ancient people in China. Ancient poems in a broad sense include poems, ci poems and Sanqu poems, while ancient poems in a narrow sense only refer to poems, including ancient poems and modern poems.
Ancient poetry, that is, China's ancient poetry, refers to China's poetry works before the Opium War 1840. Its original intention is a poem written by the ancients. Broadly speaking, China's ancient poems include poems, words and Sanqu written by the ancients. In a narrow sense, ancient poetry only refers to ancient poetry and modern poetry written by ancient people.
Classical poetry. This is a poetic genre. Judging from the number of words in poetry, there are four-character poems, five-character poems and seven-character poems. Modern poetry, also known as modern poetry and metrical poetry, is a genre that pays attention to metrical, antithesis and rhyme in Chinese poetry. In order to distinguish it from classical poetry, it has the name of modern style.
The above information refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Ancient Poetry.