Seven-character poem is one of China's modern poems. The meter is very strict Shen Yue's new-style poems originated in the heyday of Qi Yongming in the Southern Dynasties, paying attention to rhythm and duality. They were further developed in Shen Quanqi and Song in the early Tang Dynasty and matured in Du Fu. Rhythm requires the unity of the number of words in poetry. Rhythm consists of eight sentences, and seven sentences are called seven-character verse. Each song has eight lines, seven words in each line, and every two lines are connected, which is divided into four parts: the first part, the parallel part, the neck part and the tail part. Representative works include the Yellow Crane Tower in Cui Hao, Du Fu's Ascending, and Li Shangyin's Stabilizing Tower.
Seven-character metrical poetry refers to seven-character and eight-sentence poetry, which conforms to the norms of metrical poetry. Its meter is very strict, and there are strict rules in terms of words, rhymes, leveling and antithesis.
First, the length is fixed. Eight sentences, seven words each, * * * 56 words.
Second, the rhyme is rigorous. The whole article has four or five rhymes, which generally rhymes with even sentences, that is, the last word of the second, fourth, sixth and eighth sentences rhymes. The first sentence can be played or played, usually in a flat voice, with rhyme at the end and no rhyme in the middle.
Third, pay attention to leveling. That is, it must conform to the leveling law.
Fourth, demand confrontation. Parallel couplets and neck couplets must be opposite, and the first couplet and the last couplet can be right or wrong. Seven-character verse is based on the first couplet and the last couplet.