Quatrains
Tang Dynasty——Du Fu
Chiri, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the spring breeze is fragrant with flowers and grass.
Swallows fly when the mud melts, and mandarin ducks sleep in the warm sand.
Translation:
When spring comes, the mountains and rivers look particularly beautiful. The spring breeze carries the fresh smell of flowers and plants. The soft soil is suitable for swallows to build nests, and they fly around; the mandarin ducks sleep peacefully on the warm sand, and they sleep soundly.
Introduction to the knowledge points of quatrain poetry:
Quatrain, also known as truncated sentences, broken sentences, and quatrains, is a short and concise poem composed of four lines. It is a Han poetry genre that became popular in the Tang Dynasty and is a form of modern poetry. The word quatrain first appeared in the Qi and Liang dynasties of the Southern Dynasties. "New Odes of Yutai" written by Xu Ling of the Chen Dynasty contains four poems of five characters and four sentences. The author's name is unknown, and they are titled ancient quatrains. The quatrain at this time refers to a short poem with five characters, four lines and two rhymes, and does not require harmony. Jue means to cut off, and the ancients used four lines of poetry, one Jue, to complete an ideological concept. Quatrains are divided into Lüjue and Gujue. Rhythm jue only appeared after the rise of rhythm poetry, and it requires flatness. Ancient Jue existed long before the emergence of rhythmic poetry.