Poetry in ancient style
The so-called classical poetry refers to the forms of poetry formed before the Tang Dynasty with less metrical restrictions, including four-character style, five-character style, six-character style and seven-character style, which generally rhymes, does not pay attention to flatness, and has unlimited sentences. The development track of classical poetry: The Book of Songs → Chu Ci → Han Fu → Han Yuefu → Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties Folk Songs → Jian 'an Poetry → Tao Poetry and other literati five-character poems → Tang Dynasty Ancient Style New Yuefu. Among them, Cao Cao's Looking at the Sea is one of the classics.
"Modern Style" Poetry
Modern poetry is a new style of poetry that appeared in Sui and Tang Dynasties. There are two kinds of quatrains and metrical poems. Generally speaking, a metrical poem consists of 8 sentences (more than 8 sentences are called parallel sentences or long sentences), and the quatrains are 4 sentences. According to the number of words in each sentence, it can be divided into five laws, seven laws, five sections and seven sections. It pays attention to the level of rhythm, rhyme and antithesis. Except for arrangement, the number of sentences is limited. The most striking feature of modern poetry is its neat structure, exquisite rhyme, and even and neat style.