Why are quatrains and verses divided into five or seven characters? Why aren’t there six words?

Quatrains

Quatrains originated from Yuefu short chapters in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties. Quatrains are composed of four sentences. Each sentence has several words, which is a few-word quatrains. Quatrains are also divided into rhythm, quatrains and quatrains. In ancient quatrains, common quatrains include five-character quatrains, six-character quatrains, and seven-character quatrains. Quatrains are also called quatrains, fragmented sentences, short sentences, and quatrains. Quatrains do not necessarily have to be antithetical. There are no strict rules for quatrains, and they may or may not exist. Rhymed poetry

Rhymed poetry was finalized in the early prosperous Tang Dynasty and matured in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. Lawyers usually have eight lines in each poem, and each sentence can be divided into five characters or seven characters, which are called five-character verses or seven-character verses respectively. Verbal poetry. Rhymed poetry has strict regulations in terms of words, rhymes, rhythm, and antitheses. Rhymed poetry and quatrains are both metrical poetry. Six-character poetry

There are also six-line verses in rhythmic poetry called Xiaolu, and six-character verses in each line are called six-character verses. This is a relatively unorthodox thing in rhythmic poetry. They can be considered the maturity and development of rhythmic poetry. some innovations and branches. But in the end, due to various reasons, it was not spread and developed. Six-character rhyme and six-character poetry are two different concepts. Six-character poetry is very old and common, but there are only six-character poetry that conforms to the meter. Talent is called six-character rhyme. Due to the number of words and the scope of its popularity, the six-character rhyme is difficult to be as rigorous and unified as five-character rhyme poetry and seven-character rhyme poetry. The reason why there are no six-character poems

The ancient poems that appear within the scope of our active reading and learning are all five-character and seven-character ancient poems. Six-character poems are very important in our current reading. It rarely appears, and only a small number of six-character poems can be seen in some ancient poems or foreign language poems. Because during the Tang Dynasty, the creation of modern-style poetry reached its peak, the six-character poetry in its infancy was suppressed. Six-character poetry was always incompatible with modern poetry. After the Tang Dynasty, six-character poetry gradually became more popular. Lost in the long river of poetry. But our six-character poetry is also the product of the long development of Chinese poetry. Although this type of poetry is not well known, it will always shine in the history of poetry.