Modern poetry originated in the Southern Dynasties and was formed in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. After the appearance of modern poetry, the traditional poetry since the Han and Wei Dynasties is called archaic poetry.
Classical poetry is a kind of poetry as opposed to modern poetry. Classical poetry, also known as "ancient poetry" and "ancient style", is free in meter, informal in antithesis, even in level and even in rhyme. Including various forms of poetry before the Tang Dynasty, Chu Ci, Yuefu poetry. Poems in ancient poetry genres such as Song, Gexing, Quotations, Qu and Ling are also ancient poems.
Judging from the number of words in poetry, there are so-called four-character poems, five-character poems, seven-character poems and miscellaneous poems. Four words are four words, five words are five words and seven words are seven words. After the Tang dynasty, it was called modern poetry, so it was usually divided into five words and seven words. Five-character ancient poems are referred to as five ancient poems for short; Seven-character ancient poems are referred to as seven ancient poems for short, and those who use three, five and seven characters at the same time are generally considered as seven ancient poems.
The difference between ancient poetry and modern poetry;
1, Syntax: The number of words in each sentence of ancient style is uncertain, including four words, five words, six words, seven words and even miscellaneous words (uneven sentences), and the number of sentences in each song is also uncertain, ranging from two sentences to dozens and hundreds. There are only five words and seven sentences in modern poetry, eight in metrical poetry, four in quatrains and more than eight in quatrains, which is also called long-style poetry.
2. Rhyme: each song in ancient style can use one rhyme or two or more rhymes, and rhyme change is allowed; Each song can only use one rhyme, and even the arrangement of dozens of sentences cannot be changed.
Antique can rhyme in even sentences, or even sentences can rhyme in odd sentences. The near aspect rhymes only in even sentences, except for the first sentence, which rhymes with a flat voice and does not rhyme. Five words don't gamble more, seven words gamble more), and the rest of the odd sentences don't rhyme; Antique can rhyme smoothly; Generally, only flat rhyme is used in the near body.
3. Pingyi: The biggest difference between ancient and modern times is that the ancient style does not talk about Pingyi, while the modern style pays attention to Pingyi. After the Tang dynasty, the ancient style also pays attention to flatness, but it is irregular and can be ignored.