1, metrical poem: a poem written in a certain format and rules. It has strict rules on the number of lines, the number of words (or syllables), the tone and rhyme, the antithesis of words and the arrangement of sentence patterns. For example, China's ancient poems, quatrains, words and songs, and European sonnets.
2. Free verse: it is a newly developed poetic style in modern Europe and America. It is not limited by metrical rules, has no fixed format, pays attention to natural and internal rhythm, and uses rhymes roughly similar or without rhymes. The number of words, lines, sentence patterns and tones are relatively free, and the language is relatively popular. Whitman, an American poet, is the founder of free verse in Europe and America, and Leaves of Grass is his main collection of poems. This poetic style has also become popular in China since the May 4th Movement.
3. Prose poetry is a literary genre with both prose and poetry characteristics. His works are full of poetry and passion, often full of philosophy, pay attention to natural rhythm and musical beauty, and are short in length, like prose, and are out of rhyme.
Metrical Poetry
The form has certain norms and the phonology has certain rules. If there is any change, you need to follow certain rules. The common forms of China's classical metrical poems are quatrains and metrical poems with five words and seven sentences, which are called modern poems. Words and songs can also be called metrical poems.
This ancient and traditional poetic style has a strict structure, and there are certain restrictions on the number of words, lines, even tones or accents and rhymes. It has a certain number of sentences. For example, regular poems generally pay attention to flat and even rhymes, rhyming against each other.
Example: "average, average, average." Different countries have different metrical poems. Such as China's modern poems (quatrains and metrical poems), western sonnets, limerick, quatrains, Spanish quatrains, Italian quatrains and Japanese haiku.