The definition of ancient poetry is: poetry expresses ambition, songs always say, sounds always keep, and law and harmony.
The most important rules of ancient poetry are rhyme, flatness and meter. In addition, the form of expression of regular poems also requires antithesis, and words should be paid attention to epigrams.
Ancient poetry is a kind of poetry, and rhyme must be observed and followed. Even modern poetry should be rhymed, let alone ancient poetry. Poetry doesn't rhyme, it's just words.
The level change of ancient poetry is also the embodiment of the rhythm of poetry music. If you just watch without enjoying it, it's not watching. Reciting is an important part of appreciating ancient poetry. If you don't understand the change of ping and ping, you will not only recite well, but also hinder readers' appreciation, and you won't be able to deeply understand the poet's emotions such as emotions. If rhyme is the basic quality of poetry appreciation, then tone sandhi is the basic quality of ancient poetry appreciation. There is an old saying about the authors of ancient poems that the eyes are superior but the eyes are inferior, and most people's appreciation level is higher than their creation level. A good eye is not necessarily low, and a bad eye is definitely not high. If the author of ancient poetry is not even good at appreciating ancient poetry, then poetry is basically not good. Therefore, it seems that the training can't keep up with it.
If you only study classical poetry, you don't pay attention to meter, but pay attention to rhyme and flatness. If you want to learn ancient poetry well, it also includes metrical poems and words, and then metrical is very important. It's ok to treat metrical poems as ancient poems and words as ancient poems, but it's guilty if you don't appreciate the essence and talk about the level of appreciation. Metric poetry is the biggest difference between metrical poetry and classical poetry, and it is also the pursuit of higher and stricter artistic beauty of poetry. Some people say that when there are many defects in rhyme, it should be regarded as ancient poetry, and painting birds can still make a good painter. I have never heard of a good painter painting a phoenix as a bird.
It is a big mistake to rhyme without hitting the middle, and it is a small mistake not to persist in contradictions. Be strict with major faults, have higher requirements on content and connotation, and be lenient if you have to make minor faults. Just like painting a phoenix without feathers, it can be said to be flawed beauty. Without wings, it is a basket case.
The epigraph of the word also stipulates the beat and tune, and pays more attention to musicality. What kind of words can be used for what kind of content, just like comedy can't use funeral music. Good use is beautiful, but bad use is tragic.