What is meter?

Metric refers to a series of unique ancient poems in China, which should be followed in terms of format and rhythm.

China's ancient modern poems have strict metrical requirements, while others, such as ancient poems, modern poems and Europeanized poems, have no clear and strict metrical requirements.

1. Origin: Qi Liang in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

2. Main melody: four laws, five laws, seven laws and quatrains.

3. Representative writers: Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Anshi and Li Shangyin.

4. Related books: Qieyun, Guang Yun and Pingshuiyun.

Extended data:

1, origin of electric meter:

The metric system originally came from music. After the music dispersed, the researchers summed up the * * * homophony of ancient poetry, and then formed the current meter.

2. Elements of instrument:

Generally speaking, there are four elements: rhyme, parallelism, duality and number of words. Among them, rhythmic poetry is the most strict, and all elements must be satisfied. Quatrains, words and Sanqu in modern poetry generally do not need confrontation. Classical poetry is relatively loose, generally only the concept of loose rhyme.

Metric poems, including metrical poems and quatrains, are called modern poems or modern poems. The ancients called it that, and we followed suit. Although it is actually very old, it originated from Qi Liang in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and matured in the early Tang Dynasty.

Poems before the Tang Dynasty, except the so-called "Qi Liang Style" and Chu Ci, are all called ancient styles. Poetry that does not conform to the modern style after the Tang Dynasty is also called ancient style.

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