What is the biggest difference between poetry and words?

The biggest difference between poems and words is their essence.

The essential feature of poetry is lyrical beauty. Regardless of novels, essays and plays, the most beautiful places all flash the aura of poetry. Therefore, poetry is literature in literature. Poetry is everywhere in the art field, and the beauty of poetry is the highest embodiment of the universal factors of artistic beauty.

The essence of Ci is a lyric poem, a Yuefu poem that can be sung with music, and one of the main literary forms in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Tang and Song Ci is a new stage in the development of China literature and a brilliant achievement of Tang and Song literature.

Other differences between poetry and words

1, different origins

The origin of poetry is that primitive humans can't understand many natural phenomena, such as wind, electricity, thunder and rain, so they all belong to the gods. Primitive humans sang and danced to the gods out of awe, expressing people's expectations-good weather, abundant crops and so on.

Ci originated in Nanliang, formed in the Tang Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Song Dynasty after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The formal characteristics of words are fixed tone and awkward sentences.

2. Different language features

The language of words tends to be exquisite and gorgeous.

Poetry is a typical language art, while Ci is a typical exquisite language art. Because the theme of Ci is mostly related to women, the language of Ci is also soft, soft and fragrant.

3. Different structures

Common ancient poems are generally metrical poems (usually 8 sentences) and quatrains (usually 4 sentences).

"Ci", also known as "long and short sentences", was originally accompanied by the recited melody * * *, and most of the words were written under the name of the epigraph, with the same melody but different contents.

4, the time is different

Ci is one of China's ancient poems. It began in Liang Dynasty, formed in Tang Dynasty and flourished in Song Dynasty.

Poetry can be traced back to The Book of Songs.