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Poetry is a literary genre that expresses feelings and wishes. It is a literary genre with a certain rhythm and rhythm, which vividly expresses the author's rich emotions in highly concise language and reflects the social life in a concentrated way.
"Preface to Mao Poetry" records: "Poets have aspirations. Have ambition in your heart and speak like a poem. " Yan Yu's Poems on Canglang in the Southern Song Dynasty said that "poets chant temperament". There is only one art expressed in words: poetry.
In ancient Han Dynasty, unhappy people were called poems and happy people were called songs. In modern times, they are generally called poems. It expresses social life and people's spiritual world according to certain syllables and rhythms.
The origin of poetry can be traced back to ancient times. The Book of Songs is China's first collection of poems, which is said to have been compiled by Confucius. There is still debate on this issue in academic circles.
Chinese poetry experienced the development of Yuefu, Tang poetry, Song ci and Yuan Qu in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties. Yue's Diary of Han Ji Hui is a poem. Han Yu's Preface to Poems in Yunzhou Xitang in the Tang Dynasty: "Although the works of the four ponds are said to have words but no poems, they connect the people of the country with Tao and do not attract public morality."
Wang Ming Chang's Zhen Ze Chang Yu Official System: "The Hanlin in Tang and Song Dynasties is a very deep and strict place with many poets." Lu Xun's Letter to Dou: "Although there are two kinds of poems, the latter is better."
Poetry is full of the author's thoughts, feelings and rich imagination. The language is concise and vivid, with distinct rhythm, harmonious phonology and rich musical beauty. Sentences are generally in rows, paying attention to the beauty of structure and form.
He Qifang, a modern poet and literary critic in China, once said: "Poetry is the literary style that most strongly reflects social life. It is full of rich imagination and feelings, and it is often expressed in a direct lyrical way. Moreover, in the degree of exquisiteness and harmony, especially in the distinct rhythm, its language and prose are different. "
This definition summarizes several basic characteristics of poetry: first, it reflects life in a highly concentrated and general way; The second is lyrical expression, full of rich thoughts and feelings; Third, rich imagination, association and fantasy; Fourth, language has musical beauty.