Ancient poetry, also called ancient style, is a classical poetry style relative to metrical poetry (also called modern poetry or modern poetry). Because metrical poetry is a poetry style that emerged in the Tang Dynasty, people in the Tang Dynasty called metrical poetry modern poetry or modern poetry, and this name has been used to this day. Ancient poetry existed before the Tang Dynasty. Although people in the Tang Dynasty regulated it to a certain extent, it was basically It retains the poetry style before the Tang Dynasty, so people in the Tang Dynasty called this poetry style ancient poetry or ancient style, and this name is still used today.
Since ancient poetry was produced before the Tang Dynasty, this style of poetry does not need to pay attention to flatness and obliqueness (there are also those that pay attention to flatness and obliqueness, but they are very few). In order to make this style of poetry more catchy, people in the Tang Dynasty added the concept of rhyme, but its requirements were also very loose. In an ancient style poem, the author can change the rhyme at will according to his own needs (that is, he can start with the rhymes of one rhyme part and then switch to rhymes of other rhymes according to his own needs). Therefore, an ancient style poem may There are many rhymes (there are also poems with one rhyme to the end, but there are not many). In addition, the number of sentences in ancient poetry is not limited and depends on the author's own needs.
Characteristics of ancient poetry
Some people may say that ancient poetry is easier to write than metrical poetry, but this is not the case; poetry (no matter it is Chinese or foreign ancient or modern poetry) all pays attention to the new conception. As far as metrical poetry is concerned, if the conception is less original and the sentence dialogues are neat and novel, there is still something to behold (of course metrical poetry also pursues conception, but this is just taking a step back); if the conception of an ancient poem is not new, the whole poem will be dull. Tasteless. In this sense, writing modern poetry well is not an easy task.
Classification of ancient poetry
As mentioned before, in terms of poetic form, ancient poetry can be roughly divided into five-character ancient style, seven-character ancient style, and Yuefu style (also called miscellaneous style) . The characteristic of the ancient five-character style is that the whole text is mainly composed of five characters (a sentence of five characters). The characteristic of the ancient seven-character style is that the whole text is mainly composed of seven characters (a sentence of seven characters). The number of characters in each sentence of the Yuefu style is different. .
The rhyme characteristics of ancient poetry
There is no need to pay attention to the rhythm of ancient poetry. Although there are no restrictions on the use of rhyme, there are still some rules that can be used as a reference (of course, these rules are not necessarily followed and are determined according to the needs of the author).
The first is to change the rhyme at the turning point of the meaning; when the meaning of the narrative changes, it is often necessary to switch to other rhyme parts to rhyme. In this way, the tone is strengthened and the level of the whole article is clear. , and appear well-proportioned.
Secondly, flat rhymes are often used when describing happy and exciting meanings; oblique rhymes are often used when describing sadness, resentment and anger.
Third, in addition to even-numbered sentences rhyming, odd-numbered sentences can also rhyme (except for the first sentence in metrical poetry, odd-numbered sentences cannot rhyme).
Pipa line is an ancient poem