The origin of the concept of poetry
Poetry is a literary genre that focuses on emotion. It is highly condensed and concentrated in reflecting social life in a lyrical way, with rich imagination and a sense of rhythm. , rhythmic language and the form of line arrangement to express thoughts and emotions. Poetry is a rhythmic, rhythmic and emotional language art form. It is also the oldest and most basic literary form in the world. Poetry originated from ancient social life. It is a rhythmic and emotional language form produced by labor production, sexual love, primitive religion, etc. "Book of Rites. Yushu": "Poetry expresses aspirations, songs chant words, the sound is eternal, and the rhythm is harmonious." "Book of Rites. Yue Ji": "Poetry expresses aspirations; songs sings their sounds; dance refers to movement Its content is that the three originate from the heart, and then the musical instruments follow it. "In the early days, poetry, song, music and dance were integrated. Poems are lyrics, and they are always sung in conjunction with music and dance in actual performances. Later, poetry, song, music, and dance developed independently and became independent. Poems and songs are collectively referred to as poetry.
An overview of poetry styles
The classification of poetry styles is a complex issue. Now, let’s just talk about the poetry styles of Han, Wei, Six Dynasties and Tang and Song Dynasties in general terms.
The poetry of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties is generally called ancient poetry, including ancient Yuefu poems of the Han and Wei Dynasties, Yuefu folk songs of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and literati poems of this period. Yuefu was originally the name of the official office. Yuefu lyrics were collected by the Yuefu organ and paired with music scores for singing. "Wen Xin Diao Long Yuefu" chapter says: "Every musical word is called a poem, and the sound of a poem is called a song." From this we can see the relationship between the three concepts of poetry, song, and Yuefu: Poetry refers to what the poet wrote Song lyrics and songs refer to the music that goes with the poems, while Yuefu refers to both. Later works that copied the old Yuefu titles or imitated the Yuefu style were also called Yuefu although they did not have music. In the middle Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi and others launched a New Yuefu movement, innovating topics and writing about current affairs, so it was called New Yuefu.
Poem styles after the Tang Dynasty can be roughly divided into modern poetry and ancient poetry from the perspective of rhythm. Modern poetry is also called modern poetry, which has a certain rhythm. Ancient poetry is also generally called ancient style. It is written according to the method of ancient poetry. The form is relatively free and not bound by meter.
From the word count of poems, there are so-called four-character poems, five-character poems and seven-character poems. Four words are one sentence with four characters, five words are one sentence with five words, and seven words are one sentence with seven words. After the Tang Dynasty, four-character poems became rare, so they were usually only divided into five-character and seven-character poems. Five-character ancient poems are referred to as Wugu; seven-character ancient poems are referred to as Qigu; those using both three, five, and seven characters are generally considered Qigu. Five-character rhymed poetry is referred to as Wulu, which is limited to eight lines and 40 characters; seven-character rhymed poetry is referred to as Qilu, which is limited to eight lines and fifty-six characters. Anything with more than eight sentences is called long rhyme, also called row rhyme. Long rhymes are generally five character poems. Those with only four sentences are called quatrains; five quatrains have 20 characters, and seven quatrains have 28 characters. Quatrains can be divided into two types: regular quatrains and ancient quatrains. Rhythm must be restricted by the rhythm of flat and oblique, but it is not restricted by the regular rhythm of oblique and oblique. Ancient Jue is generally limited to the Five Jue.
The name "Modern Poetry" began to be used in 1953 when Ji Xian founded the "Modern Poetry Society". The meaning of modern poetry:
1. The form is free
2. The connotation is open
3. Image management is more important than rhetoric.
Comparison between "classical poetry" and "modern poetry": "Poems" are all written by people who are inspired by things and are reflections of the soul. "Classical poetry" uses the poetic concept of "innocent thinking" to express gentleness, sincerity, sadness but not resentment, emphasizing the "between the incomprehensible and the incomprehensible". "Modern poetry" emphasizes the spirit of freedom and openness, and communicates "between the sensible and the insensible" with straightforward situational statements.