The Difference between China's Ancient Poetry and China's Modern Poetry

The difference between ancient poetry and modern poetry

On the one hand, the number of words is neat, on the other hand, it is relatively rhyming and flat.

From Chu Ci to Tang Poetry, Song Ci and Yuan Qu, ancient poetry has a relatively fixed language form and strict prosodic requirements. This makes all kinds of ancient poems catchy and powerful to read. Generally speaking, various forms of ancient poetry have a strong sense of rhythm and rhythm. This sense of rhythm and rhythm are combined with people's thoughts and feelings to form a specific language atmosphere.

As for modern poetry, its beauty is mainly reflected in the novelty of images, which is more in line with the reading habits of most modern readers and easier to create an atmosphere. In addition, China's modern poetry originated from the vernacular before and after the May 4th Movement and grew up with it. The free form of modern poetry after breaking the rules has always been the basis of its creation.

Name of lyrics and songs

The name of the tune on which China's lyrics are based. Also known as intonation. Before the Song Dynasty, all the words were sung with music, some were filled with words according to the tune, and some were tuned according to the words. The name of this score is epigraph. Lyrics should not only conform to the musical tone, but also conform to certain rules (that is, the rules of words), such as the number of words, the level of words, sentence patterns, rhymes and so on. After the Song Dynasty, the lyrics were mainly written according to the tune, and most poets only knew the meter but not the music. They just write lyrics according to the beat, and their lyrics are on the road away from music. After the Ming Dynasty, the scores of Song Ci were largely lost, but the lyrics continued to be written according to the rules. The name of epigraph only serves as the structure of words and music, and words become an independent form of poetry. There are many kinds of epigrams, including more than 1000, of which only 100 is commonly used. Such as Qinyuanchun, Water Turning Around, Niannujiao, Bodhisattva Crossing the River, Dreaming Like a Dream, Butterfly Hua Lian, Qin Yi E, etc. In most cases, the origin of epigraph names has not been tested, and only a few have been recorded and circulated.