First, the characteristics of poetry: the forms of expression of poetry pay attention to the harmony and sense of rhythm, and often have prescribed prosodic format and rhyme requirements; Poetry expresses the author's feelings, thoughts or depicts scenery with concise language, images and artistic conception, which has high artistic appeal; Poetry often uses some rhetorical devices, such as metaphor, exaggeration and personification, to enhance the expressive force and appeal of poetry.
Second, the characteristics of ci: ci pays more attention to expressing the author's personal feelings and experiences, and touches the reader's feelings by describing natural scenery, depicting emotions and expressing love; The language of ci is pure and simple, and the feelings expressed are sincere and natural, which tells the hidden feelings and real experiences of the poet; Words often have a certain sense of melody and rhythm, and have obvious music scores and singing methods.
Third, the difference between poetry and ci: the difference in time, poetry reached Shun Feng in the Tang Dynasty, but ci did not develop until the Song Dynasty. The difference in form, the form of poetry is fixed, and the words have no fixed sentence pattern. With different names, a poem has its own fixed name, which cannot be easily changed. A word can have its own name, or it can be externally added with a epigraph name.
Generally speaking, poetry belongs to China ancient literature, which is artistic and lyrical. Poetry pays more attention to phonological format and abstract expression, while words pay more attention to emotional sincerity and the essence of lyrics.
The origin of poetry and words
1. the origin of poetry: the earliest form of poetry can be traced back to the Shang dynasty and the ritual and music culture of the western Zhou dynasty about 3000 years ago. In ancient society, poetry was mainly sung by singers or singers through oral inheritance, which was used to express personal feelings, praise gods or monarchs, and record and inherit social history, culture and values.
2. Origin of Ci: The origin of Ci can be traced back to the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China, from the 3rd century to the 6th century. During this period, due to the influence of social changes and cultural exchanges, Chinese culture and southern culture merged to form a unique literary form, which is the later word.