Why is poetry important?

"Poets feel their surroundings, express their feelings and use their skills"-from Zhao Que's Three Hundred Prefaces to Poems without Complaints. Poetry is the oldest and most basic literary form in the world, and it is a literary genre that expounds the soul. Poets need to master mature artistic skills and express their feelings with concise language, rich emotions and rich images according to the requirements of certain syllables, tones and rhythms. Confucius believes that poetry has four functions: arousing, observing, gathering and telling. Lu Ji believes that "poetry is beautiful because of love." In ancient China, unhappy people were called poems and happy people were called songs. Later people call it poetry. Poetry originated from the labor songs and folk songs of ancient people, and was originally a general term for poetry and songs. China's earliest collection of poems is The Book of Songs. It is a large literary style, which requires a highly concentrated summary and reflection of social life. It is full of rich thoughts, feelings and imagination. The language is concise and vivid, with a certain rhythm and rhythm. Generally, it is a branch arrangement, which first appeared in various literary genres. The Chinese nation is a country of poetry. With thousands of years of cultural accumulation and tradition, poetry has become an indispensable part of life, so it is very important.