1. According to different contents and forms of expression, it can be divided into lyric poems, narrative poems and philosophical poems.
2. According to the different language formats, it can be divided into: ballads, Chuci, metrical poems and free verse.
3. According to the order of historical development, it can be divided into: ancient poetry, new poetry, modern poetry, new poetry and so on.
4. According to different themes, it can be divided into epic poems, military poems, landscape poems, pastoral poems, local poems and urban poems.
5. According to the different combination with other genres, it can be divided into prose poems, fable poems, fairy tales, riddles, poems, parallel prose, poetic novels and poetic dramas.
6. According to the length of space, it can be divided into: narrative long poems, short poems, mini short poems, etc.
Poetry is a lyrical literary genre. It is a literary genre with a certain rhythm and rhythm, which vividly expresses the author's rich emotions in highly concise language and reflects the social life in a concentrated way. In ancient Han Dynasty, unhappy people were called poems and happy people were called songs. In modern times, they are generally called poems. It expresses social life and people's spiritual world according to certain syllables and rhythms. The origin of poetry can be traced back to ancient times.