The Function of Rhyme in Poetry

Function: make poetry have a sonorous sense of harmony when reading or singing.

Rhyme is an important means to enhance the musicality of poetry. Modern poetry pays great attention to rhyme in order to make the tone harmonious and easy to remember.

The ancients usually used official books that specially instructed the use of rhyme, such as Tang Yun, Guang Yun, Libu Rhyme, Peiwenyun, Integration of Rhyme and Combination of Rhyme. Among them, the rhyme of "Xin Kan" in Wang Wenyu in the Southern Song Dynasty is the most popular, that is, the so-called 108 level rhyme.

But what needs to be understood is that it is not worth destroying the essence of poetry in order to accommodate rhyme. Unless you take part in the imperial examination, even if a sentence or two rhymes occasionally, the ancients are allowed.

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Rhyme is widely used in literary works, especially in poetry, which makes words full of rhythm and musical beauty, and modern rhyming poems give full play to this feature.

Rhyme belongs to a literary genre. As the name implies, it generally means that the end of each line of poetry must rhyme, and the poem reads like a ballad. Rhyme here refers to modern rhyme, which belongs to a new style of poetry, similar to the popular rhyme of Fang on the Internet. Debuted after 2000.

Rhythm poetry belongs to a new poetic style with modern poetry as the mainstay. On the basis of combining the achievements of modern poetry, a new step is added, that is, the end of each poem must rhyme, which makes China's modern poetry pursue freedom and boldness, and at the same time inherits the precious blood of the rhythm of ancient poetry that has been circulated for thousands of years.

After all, it will shine again with a new life, laying a solid and powerful foundation for the sustainable development of China's modern poetry, and it will open a new page for China's modern poetry to enter a glorious historical chapter.

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