Poetry is the earliest literary genre in China, which originated from the labor voice of primitive people and is a kind of literature with rhyme and singing. In ancient China, harmonious poems were called songs, while dissonant poems were called poems. Although different, it is extremely difficult to distinguish them, and there are often works with both characteristics, so we often call poetry together. Of course, whether they are happy or not, they all have strong musical beauty.
Poetry is divided into ancient poetry, modern poetry and new poetry according to the times; Divided into narrative poems and lyric poems according to their forms of expression; According to the content, it can be divided into four categories: pastoral poetry, landscape poetry, science poetry and object-chanting poetry.
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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. It has the following four characteristics:
1. The content of poetry is a highly concentrated and generalized reflection of social life.
2. Poetry is lyrical, full of emotion and imagination.
3. The language of poetry has the characteristics of conciseness, image, harmonious tone and distinct rhythm, and the language has musical beauty.
4. In form, poetry is not based on sentences, but on behavior, and its branches are mainly based on rhythm rather than meaning.
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