As far as metrical poetry is concerned, it can be divided into classical poetry, modern poetry and modern poetry:
It is mainly divided into five absolutely, seven absolutely, five methods, seven methods, exclusive methods and so on. Now don't confuse "modern poetry" with "new poetry".
Classical poetry:
Also known as "ancient poetry" and "ancient style", it is free in meter and antithesis, flat in tone, broad in rhyme and unlimited in length. There are four sentences, five sentences, six sentences, seven sentences and miscellaneous sentences.
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.
"Modern Style" Poetry
Also known as modern poetry or metrical poetry, it is a genre of Chinese poetry that emphasizes levelness, antithesis and rhyme, which was formed in the Tang Dynasty. There are strict restrictions on the number of sentences, the number of words, and even the words and rhymes. There are quatrains and metrical poems.
Quatrain
That is, "a unique poem." Also known as "broken sentences" and "broken sentences". Poetic style name. Cut, break, absolutely, all have the meaning of shortcut, so it is named because there are only four sentences.
It is mainly composed of five words and seven words, referred to as five absolutely and seven absolutely. There are six quatrains. Passers-by in the Tang Dynasty clung to their bodies and had certain requirements for leveling and rhyming.
Some people say that this poem is made by intercepting half of the metrical poem. But before the formation of regular poems in the Tang Dynasty, there were quatrains, which rhymed and were more free. For example, there is an ancient quatrain in "A New Ode to Yutai", which is used by later generations to distinguish it from modern quatrains.
Poetic style name. A modern poem. Strict rules, hence the name. Originated in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and matured in the early Tang Dynasty.
The two leagues in the middle must fight each other. The second, fourth, sixth and eighth sentences rhyme, and the first sentence can be played or not, usually in a flat voice. Divided into five words and seven languages, referred to as the five laws and seven laws. Occasionally, there are six methods. If each song has more than ten sentences, it is the law of exclusivity.
In a metrical poem, whenever two sentences coincide, it is called "couplet". The first couplet (one or two sentences) of the five laws and seven laws is called the first couplet, the second couplet (three or four sentences) is called the couplet, the third couplet (five or six sentences) is called the neck couplet, and the fourth couplet (seven or eight sentences) is called the tail couplet. The first sentence of each couplet is called "antithesis" and the next sentence is called "antithesis".
Four-character poem
Poetic style name. Every sentence in the whole article is four words or mainly four sentences. It is the earliest poetic style in China's ancient poetry. Poems before the Spring and Autumn Period, such as The Book of Songs, are mostly four words. After the Han Dynasty, the style changed slightly. Since the Southern Song and Qi Dynasties, there have been fewer and fewer authors.
An ancient poem with five words per line
Poetic style name. A poem composed of five words. From the Han dynasty. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, it developed greatly in Sui and Tang Dynasties and became one of the main forms of classical poetry, including five-character ancient poems, five-character regular poems and five-character quatrains.
Classical poetry with six words per line.
Poetic style name. The whole article has six words in each sentence. Legend has it that it began in Gu Yong in the Western Han Dynasty. It is said that Dong Fangshuo has "six-character poems", but none of his poems have been handed down. Kong Rong's six-character poem was the earliest in the late Han Dynasty. There are ancient and secret points. But they are not very popular.
A poem of seven words per line
Poetic style name. Each sentence of the whole article is seven words or mainly seven words, which originated from the folk songs of Han Dynasty. The old theory began with Bailiang Taishi, which may not be credible.
Wei's Ge Yanxing is an early pure seven-character poem. In the Tang Dynasty, it had a great development. There are seven-character ancient poems, seven-character regular poems and seven-character quatrains. It is the main form of classical poetry and five-character poetry.
lines
Poetic style name. An ancient poem, originally from Yuefu. There is no certain standard for the sentence length of poetry. The shortest sentence has only one word, long sentences have more than nine or cross, and three, four, five and seven words alternate.
A long metrical poem (usually five characters per line)
Poetic style name. A kind of metrical poem. Named after the arrangement and extension of metrical poems.
Each song has at least ten sentences and as many as one hundred rhymes. In addition to the first and last couplets, the upper and lower sentences need antithesis. There are also antitheses called "Fan Dui".
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Modern poetry: Modern poetry, also called modern poetry, is a kind of metrical poetry formed in the Tang Dynasty. There are two kinds, and there are strict rules on the number of words, sentences, level tones and rhymes.
1, a kind of quatrains, each with four sentences, five words abbreviated as "five quatrains" and seven words abbreviated as "seven quatrains".
2. One is called "metrical poems", each with eight sentences. Five words are abbreviated as "five laws", seven words are abbreviated as "seven laws", and those with more than eight sentences are called "excluded laws" (or "long laws").
Words: also known as poems, long and short sentences, songs, songs, Yuefu, etc. Its characteristics: the tone has a fixed frame, the sentence has a fixed number and the word has a fixed tone. The number of words can be divided into long tune (above 9 1 word), middle tune (59-90 words) and minor tune (below 58 words).
Words can be divided into monosyllabic and disyllabic, and disyllabic is divided into two paragraphs, in which the level and number of words are equal or roughly equal, and monosyllabic is only one paragraph. A word is called a paragraph, the first paragraph is called money, business and fashion, and the second paragraph is called Hou, Xia and Xia.
Qu: Also known as Yuefu. Yuanqu includes Sanqu and Zaju. Sanqu rose in the Jin Dynasty and flourished in the Yuan Dynasty, and its style was similar to that of Ci. Features: the number of words can be added with interlining, and more oral English is used. Sanqu includes poems and songs.
The number of songs is a coherent set of songs, ranging from two to dozens. Each group number takes the song of the first song as the name of the whole set of songs, and the whole set of songs must be in the same palace tune. It has no guests, but only oratorios.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Ancient Poetry