(1) From the reader's point of view, children's songs are mainly aimed at preschool and preschool children; Children's poetry is mainly aimed at children in the middle and late school age.
(2) From the performance of the theme thought, the theme thought of children's poems is often expressed in an indirect way, which is more profound and implicit; Children's songs are often simple and easy to express their themes. For example, the children's poem "Little Brother and Kitten" and the children's song "Wash Your Hands" are both works with the theme of paying attention to hygiene, but their expressions are obviously different.
From the perspective of language expression, the language of children's poems and children's songs requires conciseness, conciseness and generalization. Because of the different depth of expression, the language of children's poetry is purer, more concentrated and more imaginative than children's songs. In terms of rhythm, children's poetry does not pay attention to rhythm and rhythm harmony like children's songs.
From the perspective of space, there are long and short poems, which are unrestricted, among which narrative poems and fairy tales are relatively long; Children's songs are generally short, because they are written orally and sung by children.
Although children's songs and children's poems are short sentences and rhyming poems, they are narrative, descriptive, simple in content and practical. Children's poetry is freehand, lyrical, profound in content and attaches importance to artistry.
Cai Shengde published "Folklore and Children's Literature Research-The Difference between Children's Poems and Children's Songs" in 199 1, arguing that children's poems and children's songs have different worlds and should not be listed as columns. And use the following six elements to distinguish children's poetry and children's songs:
One,
In the realm, children's poems emphasize "emotion" and children's songs emphasize "interest".
Second,
From the content, children's songs are more elegant and vulgar.
Third,
In terms of imagery, nursery rhymes are more stable and more obvious.
Fourth,
In phonology, children's songs don't have to rhyme. Children's songs must rhyme.
Five,
Structurally, nursery rhymes are "rigorous" and "loose".
Six,
In terms of circulation, children's songs cannot be changed at will, but they can be adapted according to their own wishes.