From the form of poetry can be divided into:
(1) Ancient poems, including four-character poems (first appeared in The Book of Songs), five-character poems (matured in the Han Dynasty, such as Nineteen Ancient Poems), seven-character poems (matured in the Tang Dynasty, such as The Song of Eternal Sorrow) and Yuefu poems (some titles added songs, lines, songs and songs).
Classical poetry does not talk about antithesis and rhymes freely. The development track of classical poetry: The Book of Songs → Chu Ci → Han Fu → Han Yuefu → Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties Folk Songs → Jian 'an Poetry → Tao Poetry and other literati five-character poems → Tang Dynasty Ancient Style New Yuefu.
② Modern poetry, including metrical poems and quatrains. Modern poetry flourished in the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the regular arrangement, it also has the positions of definite sentences, definite words, definite sounds and definite rhymes. There are two kinds of quatrains: five-character quatrains (five-character quatrains) and seven-character quatrains (seven-character quatrains). There are three kinds of metrical poems: five-character metrical poems (five laws), seven-character metrical poems (seven laws) and arranged laws.
③ Ci, which flourished in the Song Dynasty, can be divided into three forms according to the number of words: Xiaoling (within 58 words), Zhongdiao (within 59-90 words) and Longdiao (above 9 1 word). The tone of the word is fixed, the sentence is fixed, the word is fixed, and the rhyme is positioned. Words can be divided into monosyllabic and disyllabic, and disyllabic is divided into two paragraphs, in which the level and number of words are equal or roughly equal, and monosyllabic is only one paragraph. A paragraph of a word is called a que or an article, the first paragraph is called Qianque, Shangque and Shangpian, and the second paragraph is called Houque, Xiaque and Xiapian.
④ Qu, also known as Yuefu. Qu Xingsheng was born in Yuan Dynasty, and there are two forms: Sanqu and Zaju. Sanqu has two forms: poem (short tune) and divertimento (also called divertimento).