The main difference between poetry, ci and qu lies in that poetry requires rhythm and stresses rhythm, ci is more rigorous than poetry, and ci is a kind of poetic style with music to sing. Qu is also a verse form of harmony singing, but its syntax is more flexible than words. The highest achievement of poetry was in the Tang Dynasty, the heyday of ci appeared in the Song Dynasty, and Qu was the most popular in the Yuan Dynasty.
In ancient China, unhappy people were called poems and happy people were called songs. In modern times, they are generally called poems.
Ci is a kind of poetic style, and qu is a kind of harmony singing.
The combination of Yuan Qu with Tang Poetry and Song Poetry became three important milestones in the history of China literature.
Keats, a famous English poet, said: Poetry inspires and soothes the soul to accept mystery!