Seven-character quatrains are a genre of China's traditional poetry, which belongs to the category of modern poetry. Modern poetry, also known as modern poetry and metrical poetry, is a genre that pays attention to metrical, antithesis and rhyme in Chinese poetry. In order to distinguish it from classical poetry, it has the name of modern style.
Refers to another poetry genre formed after the early Tang Dynasty. Seven-character quatrains are a genre of China's traditional poetry, which belongs to the category of modern poetry.
There are four poems in this style, each with seven words, and there are strict metrical requirements in rhyme and adhesion.
This poetic style originated from Yuefu songs in the Southern Dynasties or Yuefu folk songs in the Northern Dynasties, or can be traced back to folk songs in the Western Jin Dynasty, and it matured in the Tang Dynasty. Representative works include Wang Changling's Poems on Newly Built Lotus Inn, Li Bai's Newly Built Baidicheng, Du Fu's Riverside Meeting Li Guinian, etc.