What is the overall level of poetry creation after the founding of the People's Republic of China?

Compared with the prosperity of novels in the same period, the poetry creation after the founding of the People's Republic of China is slightly inferior, but on the whole, its achievements should be said to be remarkable. Poets in New China not only inherited the fine tradition of new poetry since the May 4th Movement, but also absorbed valuable nutrition from rich classical poetry and folk songs, and at the same time gained useful reference from foreign poetry.

During the eight years from the founding of New China to the eve of the "anti-rightist" struggle, poetry creation developed steadily and prospered gradually. Both the old poets who made great contributions as early as the democratic revolution and the new singers who entered the poetry circle after the founding of New China, with a strong sense of pride and happiness, they sang the praises of a vibrant, hopeful and ever-changing life and sang the voices of the people in the new era. Since the May 4th Movement, new poetry has entered a brand-new historical stage.