Classification of modern poetry
1, narrative poems and lyric poems.
This is divided according to the expression of the content of the work.
(1) Narrative Poetry: There are relatively complete story lines and characters in the poem, which are usually expressed by the poet's passionate singing style. Epic, story poem and poetic novel all belong to this category.
(2) Lyrics: It mainly reflects the social life by directly expressing the poet's thoughts and feelings, and does not require complete stories and characters.
2. Metric poems, free poems and prose poems.
This is based on the phonological rhythm and structural form of the language of the work.
(1) Metric poetry: It is a poem written according to certain formats and rules. It has strict rules on the number of lines, the number of words (or syllables), the tone and rhyme, the antithesis of words and the arrangement of sentence patterns.
(2) Free verse: it is a newly developed poetic style in modern Europe and America. It is not limited by metrical rules, has no fixed format, pays attention to natural and internal rhythm, and uses rhymes roughly similar or without rhymes. The number of words, lines, sentence patterns and tones are relatively free, and the language is relatively popular.
(3) Prose poetry: it is a literary genre with both prose and poetry characteristics. There are poetic artistic conception and excitement in the works, which are often full of philosophy, pay attention to the rhythm of nature and the beauty of music, and are short in length, like prose, without branches and rhyme.