How many genres are there in poetry?

According to genre, China's ancient poems can be divided into two categories: classical poems and modern poems (including metrical poems: seven laws and five verses, quatrains: seven laws and five verses).

Poetry classification

The classification of ancient poetry is a basic problem, which has been reflected in the college entrance examination over the years, so we should keep in mind the main points: ancient poetry and modern poetry are divided according to the genre of poetry (including metrical poetry: seven laws and five laws, quatrains: seven sections and five sentences). According to the theme of poetry, it can be divided into nostalgia poems, epic poems, object poems, pastoral poems and frontier poems.