In the history of the development of modern and contemporary poetry in China

Because of the history of China, we usually talk about ancient poems, because the resources in this field are really vast, giving people an inexhaustible impression. However, while paying tribute to the spiritual wealth of our predecessors, we are also developing and progressing. Modern poetry is not too rich, and occasionally excellent works are passed down from generation to generation.

Modern poetry, also known as "vernacular poetry", can be traced back to the late Qing Dynasty, which is a kind of poetry. Compared with classical poetry, although they are all written for feeling things, they are generally informal in format and rhythm. Modern poetry is free in form and rich in connotation. Image management is more important than rhetoric application, which completely breaks through the characteristics of ancient poetry "gentle and sincere, mourning without complaining", and puts more emphasis on free and open, straightforward statement and communication between "feeling and invisibility" For example, the following song, Farewell to Cambridge.

Farewell to Cambridge Xu zhimo

I left quietly, just as I came gently;

I waved my hand gently and bid farewell to the clouds in the western sky.

The golden willow by the river is the bride in the sunset;

Beautiful shadows in the waves ripple in my heart.

Green grass on the soft mud, oily, swaying at the bottom of the water;

In the gentle waves of He Kanghe, I would like to be an aquatic plant!

That pool under the shade of elm is not a clear spring, but a rainbow in the sky;

Crushed in floating seaweed, a rainbow-like dream is precipitated.

Looking for dreams? Support a long pole and swim back to a greener place on the grass;

Full of starlight, singing in the splendor of starlight.

But I can't play the piano, just a farewell flute;

Summer insects are also silent for me, silence is Cambridge tonight!

Xu Zhimo wrote this poem in the backyard of King's College. The poem "Golden Willow by the River" is considered to describe the willow beside Cambridge in King's College. The stone tablet stands not far away. Almost all intellectuals in China know this poem and are deeply moved by it. This monument will serve as a link between China and Cambridge University, especially King's College.

Modern poetry is free in form and rich in connotation, and image management is more important than rhetoric application. Compared with ancient poetry, although they all feel things and reflect the soul, they completely break through the characteristics of ancient poetry, which are "gentle and sincere, with no complaints", and emphasize more on free and open, straightforward statements and intangible communication between reason and reason. The mainstream of modern poetry is free verse. Free verse is the product of the May 4th New Culture Movement, which uses vernacular in form, breaking the shackles of old-style poetry, and mainly reflects new life and expresses new ideas in content.