1. Understand the development and changes of classical poetry.
We should have a clear understanding of the development and changes of China's classical poetry, not only grasp the two literary sources of realism and romanticism and their characteristics, but also sort out the development of poetry in historical order; We should not only understand the overall style of poetry in different periods, but also have a deeper understanding of the representatives of various periods (especially the Tang and Song Dynasties) and schools.
2. Master the categories and characteristics of poetry.
Different types of poetry have their own characteristics in expression, rhythm and prosody, so understanding and appreciating the content of poetry is often a breakthrough. According to the way of expression, it can be divided into narrative poems, lyric poems and philosophical poems; According to the meter, it can be divided into ancient style (ancient poetry) and metrical poetry (modern poetry); According to the number of words, it can be divided into four words, five words, seven words, miscellaneous words and so on; According to the content, it can be divided into pastoral poems (landscape poems), event poems, frontier poems, event poems and epics. Ci can be divided into bold school, graceful school and so on according to style.
3. Grasp the main features of poetry.
That is, poetry has a high degree of generality, vividness, lyricism and distinctive musicality.