What kind of poem is Ma Shi?

Ma Shi is an object-chanting poem by Li He, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Ma Shi is the work of Li He, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem named "Ode to a Horse" actually expresses the poet's sigh and indignation, as well as his ambition and desire to make contributions. This is a group of distinctive poems about objects, with artistic features such as implicit warning, profound sustenance, ingenious conception and flexible use of allusions.

Poems about objects are poems that express feelings with objects, and embody humanistic thoughts through poems about objects. The "things" chanted in poems about things are often the author's own situation, which is completely integrated with the poet's self-image, and the author places certain feelings on describing things. In poetry, the author either reveals his attitude towards life, or expresses his good wishes, or contains philosophy of life, or expresses the author's interest in life. The ancients liked to recite things. According to statistics, there are 6,262 object-chanting poems in Complete Tang Poetry alone, including 504 poems in the early Tang Dynasty, 746 poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, 455 poems in the middle Tang Dynasty/KLOC-0 and 3,557 poems in the late Tang Dynasty. The most object-chanting poems are in the late Tang Dynasty.