1. Lyricity: The main function of poetry is to express emotion. Poets express their thoughts and feelings through poetry, and the language in poetry usually has a strong emotional color.
2. Musicality: Poetry usually has musical features such as rhyme, rhythm and melody. These characteristics make poetry read smoothly and give people beautiful enjoyment.
3. Image: Metaphor, personification and symbolism are commonly used in poetry to express the poet's thoughts and feelings through images. These images can make poetry more vivid and appealing.
4. Conciseness: Poetry usually expresses complex thoughts and emotions in concise language, and each word in poetry has a specific meaning and function. This refinement makes poetry more concise and powerful.
5. Jumping: The narrative of poetry is usually jumping, and poets can switch freely in different time and space and situations to show a broader vision and imagination.
In the book Literary Theory, the description of modern poetry is that poetry is the oldest literary genre. I think the definition of "the oldest here" must be broad, because the poetry it refers to includes classical poetry and modern poetry. As we all know, the development of modern poetry in China is only a few decades. However, in just a few decades, modern poetry has advanced by leaps and bounds and achieved great achievements that we can be proud of. Many outstanding modern poets were born in this period.
According to the poet He three old ladies when answering a reporter's question, "China's modern poetry has entered the prosperous Tang Dynasty." From this, we can see that the crowd and popularity of modern poetry here are fast. From this, we can see that modern poetry is changing with each passing day and is climbing another higher mountain with the fastest speed and the highest uo level.
Narrative poetry is a kind of poetry with relatively complete stories and characters. Usually expressed by the poet's passionate singing style. Epic, story poem and poetic novel all belong to this category. Ancient Greek Homer's epics such as Heriat and Odyssey; China poet Li Ji's Wang Gui and Li Xiangxiang and other story poems; Don Juan by British poet Byron and yevgeni onegin by Russian poet Pushkin.