It involves China's stylistics, phonology, Ci-poetry, musicology and many other disciplines, and it is the product of ancient China people's great concern for formal beauty.
Modern poetry includes five-character poems, seven-character poems, some five-character quatrains and some seven-character quatrains.
On an autumn night in the mountains, Wang Wei
Empty mountain/new rain/later, the weather/late/autumn.
Bright moon/pine room/sunshine, clear spring/stone/stream.
The bamboo shouts/returns/delights the girl, and the lotus moves/descends/fishes.
Feel free/spring fragrance/rest, Wang Sun/can/stay.
The rhythm of this poem:
(Flat) Flat, (Flat) Flat (rhyme A).
(flat) flat, flat (rhyme a). (dual)
(Ping) Ping, (Ping) Ping (rhyme A). (dual)
It's flat and even, flat and even (rhymes with a).