First of all, his poetry is lyrical and his personality is more distinct. As far as poetry genre is concerned, there are many Yuefu poems in Cao Zhi's poems, but he uses Yuefu genre, not simply imitating it, but injecting more personal feelings into his poems, thus making Yuefu poems change from narrative to lyric. So Mr. Yao Yao said, "There are more lyrical elements in his poems, and he has a distinctive personality, so he is unique." . For example, his "beautiful woman" is an imitation of Han Yuefu's "Shang Mo Sang". Han Yuefu tells the story of Caisang girl's clever refusal to flirt with the satrap, which is mainly narrative. The beauty story mainly shows the anguish of unmarried beauty in the prime of life. He used this kind of beauty's anguish to express his feelings about his talent, thus injecting poetic feelings and having the poet's own personality. In this regard, he is better than Cao Pi's simple imitation of folk songs, because Cao Pi's poems always seem to tell others about his grief and can't see his own personality. ?
Secondly, his poems are more exquisite in structure, especially in the beginning. Most Yuefu poems in the Han Dynasty take Qi as the theme, which comes naturally and has no intention of being unique. Cao Zhi's poems pay more attention to the arrangement of structure. He often begins with a description of the scenery with strong subjective feelings, exaggerating the atmosphere and covering the whole article. For example, in To Xu Gan, he said, "When the wind blows in the daytime, I suddenly return to the Western Hills. The scenery is not full and there are countless stars. " Write about the passing speed of time when the day goes west and the stars and the moon suddenly arrive; "Noda Yellowbird Tour": "There are many trees that hate Taiwan, and the sea constitutes its waves." Accompanied by violent scenes, it implies the author's uneven mood and sinister situation, and so on. Therefore, Shen Deqian said that he was "extremely skilled in intonation" ("On Poetry"). ?
Thirdly, he pays more attention to the artistic skills of poetry, especially in duality and tempering words. There are many antithetical sentences in Cao Zhi's poems, which is the beginning of the trend of parallel prose in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Cao Zhi is a poet who applies this technique to poetry creation. For example, "Qiu Lan was occupied by Nagano, and Zhu Hua occupied the pool." (Public Banquet), Glory in Peace (Five Tours), and some other refined sentences, such as the breeze blowing in the pavilion (for rockett), the bright moon and the clear shadow (public banquet) and the excitement of a long stream (public banquet). This set a precedent for later literati poems in the Southern and Northern Dynasties to pay attention to rhetorical skills. ?
Fourthly, there are many descriptions of natural scenery in his poems, which also changed the face of Yuefu poems. It has a great influence on later literati. ?
The above points are the artistic characteristics of Cao Zhi's poems, and they are also his most creative places.