The rules and rhythms of seven-character quatrains

The rules and rhymes of seven-character quatrains are as follows:

1, the first sentence is flat and rhyming: (flat) flat (flat) flat, (flat) flat. (Ping) Ping, (Ping) Ping.

2, the first sentence does not rhyme, the first sentence is replaced by "flat", and the rest remain unchanged. : (Ping) Ping, (Ping) Ping, (Ping) Ping. (Ping) Ping, (Ping) Ping.

3. The beginning of the first sentence rhymes: (ш) even, (ш) even. Ping (Ping) Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping.

4. The first sentence doesn't rhyme, the first sentence is changed to "flat and flat", and the rest remains unchanged. : (Ping) Ping, (Ping) Ping, Ping. Ping (Ping) Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping.

Introduction to seven-character quatrains:

Seven-character quatrains are a genre of China's traditional poetry, which belongs to the category of modern poetry. There are four poems in this style, each with seven words, and there are strict metrical requirements in rhyme and adhesion.

This poetic style originated from Yuefu songs in the Southern Dynasties or Yuefu folk songs in the Northern Dynasties, or can be traced back to folk songs in the Western Jin Dynasty, and it matured in the Tang Dynasty. Representative works include Wang Changling's Poems on Newly Built Lotus Inn, Li Bai's Poems on Newly Built Baidicheng, and Du Fu's Poems on Riverside Meeting Li Guinian.

Seven-character quatrains belong to modern poems with strict metrical requirements. The first is fixed length. The whole poem consists of four sentences, each with seven words, totaling * * * 28 words. Secondly, the rhyme is rigorous, usually only flat, not rhyming. Also pay attention to the level tone, that is, it conforms to the level tone law, that is, under normal circumstances, two syllables (two words) are a step, and the level tone is alternately arranged.