Are nursery rhymes equal to poetry?

Nursery rhymes are short poems for children, which emphasize meter and rhyme, and are usually passed down orally. Many nursery rhymes are gradually processed and circulated according to idioms in ancient ceremonies, or processed based on later historical events. In ancient China, unhappy people were called poems and happy people were called songs. In modern times, they are generally called poems. It expresses social life and people's spiritual world according to certain syllables and rhythms. "History of rites and music": "If you have an indissoluble bond with your relatives, you will come from poetry and Zhong Shi will sing the strings." Yue's Diary of Han Ji Hui is a poem. Tang Hanyu's Preface to Poems in Xitang, Yunzhou: "Although, the work of Si Tang says that there are words but no poems, it connects the people of the country with Tao, regardless of public morality." Wang Minghong's "Zhen Ze Chang Yu Official System": "The Hanlin in Tang and Song Dynasties is a very deep and strict place, and many poets can see it." Lu Xun's To Dou Shu: "Although there are two kinds of poems: seeing and singing, it is better to study the latter.