From the performance of the theme thought, the theme thought of children's poems is often expressed in an indirect way, which is profound and implicit; Children's songs are often simple and easy to express their themes. For example, the children's poem "Little Brother and Kitten" and the children's song "Wash Your Hands" are both works with the theme of paying attention to hygiene, but their expressions are obviously different.
From the perspective of language expression, the language of children's poems and children's songs requires conciseness, conciseness and generalization. Because of the different depth of expression, the language of children's poetry is purer, more concentrated and more imaginative than children's songs. In terms of rhythm, children's poetry does not pay attention to rhythm and rhythm harmony like children's songs. From the perspective of space, there are long and short poems, and there is no limit. Narrative poems and fairy tales are longer, while children's songs are generally shorter, because they are written orally and sung by children.
Although children's songs and children's poems are short sentences and rhyming poems, they are narrative, descriptive, simple in content and practical. Children's poetry is freehand, lyrical, profound in content and attaches importance to artistry.