There are 35 poems in the Book of Songs.
According to the volumes in The Book of Songs, this book contains 35 poems. Among them, The Wind contains 15 poems, which mainly reflect the folk customs and life interest in the North of Zhou Dynasty. "Ya" contains 141 poems, mainly songs about court etiquette and religious sacrifices; Ode contains fifty-nine poems, mainly to express praise and blessing to the Zhou royal family.
However, according to different classification methods of content and genre, there are different statistics on the number of poems in The Book of Songs. Some scholars think that there are at least 35 poems in The Book of Songs, while others think that the number should be more.
Artistic features of the Book of Songs:
The Book of Songs is mainly composed of four words, with miscellaneous words. In structure, it mostly adopts the form of repeated chapters and sentences to enhance the lyrical effect. Each chapter only changes a few words, but it can receive the artistic effect of twists and turns. In language, it mostly adopts double-tone rhymes, repeated words to form objects, onomatopoeia and poor appearance.
There are various rhyming ways in The Book of Songs. It is common that only one rhyme part is used in a chapter, rhyming in every other sentence, and rhyming in even sentences. This is the most common rhyming way in later poems in China.
In addition, some rhymes in the Book of Songs, some rhymes in every other sentence, some rhymes in the end, and some rhymes in the middle. Almost all the rhyming rules of modern poetry have been possessed in the Book of Songs. The successful use of fu, bi and xing techniques is an important reason for the strong local flavor of the folk songs in the Book of Songs.