What are the characteristics of ancient poetry in form?

Form, that is, style, refers to the combination of poetic language structures and serves the content. Sometimes wonderful forms can cause special artistic effects, help readers understand poetry and deepen their impressions. Mr. Zhu Guangqian believes that "the essence of poetry is the feelings expressed by language, and the form is the language revealed by feelings." Language is a tool to express thoughts and feelings. Language form is actually the externalization of the poet's thoughts and personality, and it is a life form of the poet.

Let's classify all kinds of poems from different angles and with different standards.

① According to different contents and forms of expression, it can be divided into lyric poems, narrative poems and philosophical poems.

② According to different language formats, it can be divided into: ballads (folk songs, ballads, nursery rhymes), Chuci, metrical poems, free poems, etc.

According to the order of historical development, it can be divided into: ancient poetry, new poetry, modern poetry, new poetry and so on.

According to different themes, it can be divided into epic poems, military poems, landscape poems, pastoral poems, local poems, urban poems and so on.

⑤ According to the combination with other genres, it can be divided into prose poems, fable poems, fairy tales, riddles, poems, parallel prose, poetic novels and poetic dramas.

⑥ According to the length of space, it can be divided into: narrative long poems, short poems, mini short poems, etc.

There can also be different sub-methods, such as by style, genre, function and so on.