1. Ancient poetry can be divided into two categories: modern poetry and classical poetry.
2. Modern poems are divided into new poems and poems that reflect modern life and thoughts and feelings in the form of old poems.
3. The new poems are divided into lyric poems and narrative poems according to whether there is a complete story or not and the vividness of characters.
4. According to the form, new poetry can be divided into three types: metrical poetry, free verse and prose poetry.
5. New poems are divided into folk songs and literati works created by the masses according to their sources.
Second,
1. Classical poetry is divided into classical poetry and modern poetry, as well as lyrics and songs.
2. Classical poetry is divided into four-character poems, four-character poems, seven-character poems and Yuefu poems.
3. Modern poetry is divided into quatrains and metrical poems. Quatrains are divided into five-character quatrains and seven-character quatrains. Lawyers are divided into five-character lawyers and seven-character lawyers.
4. Words are divided into poems, middle tones and long tones.
5. Music is divided into Sanqu and Zaju. The above is the classification of ancient poetry.