Poetry is the general name of China's ancient literary and artistic works. After the Han Dynasty, The Book of Songs only refers to the earliest collection of poems in China, so it only refers to the relative verse form of prose. For example, the works of Qu Yuan, Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Lu You and others have diverse themes, which are generally divided into ancient poems and new poems, such as four-character, five-character, seven-character, seven-character, Yuefu and interesting poems.
Poetry creation generally requires rhyming and antithesis, which meets the basic requirements of germination, inheritance, transformation and combination. Modernity refers to freehand brushwork through images, such as misty poetry. Poetry is broader than poetry. In ancient China, unhappy people were called poems and happy people were called songs.
Therefore, poetry not only includes the above-mentioned kinds of poems, but also includes Song Ci and Yuan Qu, all of which have the attribute of chorus. Modern lyrics can be combined into songs and should also belong to the category of poetry. But the lyrics are really straightforward, easier to understand than poetry, and less obscure.