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In the 1920s, China's poetry reform, on the one hand, overseas students built a bridge, such as Hu Shi, Chen Duxiu, Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Yu Dafu, Li Dazhao, Cheng, Tian Han, Xu Zhimo, Lin Yutang, Xiao San, Cai Yuanpei and so on. Before the May 4th Movement, they all went abroad to study and brought the latest foreign ideas back to China. Most importantly, China's splendid classical literature with a long history has been developing continuously, and in modern times, new literature is ready to go. Quatrains, rhymes, words, etc. after the Tang and Song Dynasties. It's actually hard to surpass. The colorful vernacular operas and novels since the Ming and Qing Dynasties have pointed out a new way for the development of literature (especially poetry), plus the prelude of the "poetry revolution" of the literary reform movement in the late Qing Dynasty, as well as Hu Shi and others.
China's earliest modern poetry, also known as new poetry and modern poetry, is the symbol of old-style poetry; Also known as vernacular poetry, this is the symbol of classical Chinese old-style poetry; Also known as free verse, this is a sign of the rhythm of old-style poetry. Because modern poetry is not limited by metrical rules, it is more convenient to express ideas, in larger quantities, more direct, more adaptable to the ever-changing times, more suitable for busy modern people to read, and deeply loved by everyone. It can be said that from classical Chinese to vernacular Chinese is a great revolution, and from ancient poetry to modern poetry is a brilliant innovation.
Modern poetry has no definite lines and sentences. It can be punctuated or rhymed. It can produce internal melody according to the ups and downs of emotions, or it can change at will with the poet's wishes, and it is completely free.