Poetry is a literary genre. Through language, it not only expresses the meaning of words, but also expresses emotion and beauty, thus producing * * *. Poetry can form its own style or be combined with other arts, such as poetic drama, hymns, lyrics or prose poems. Words with music are called songs. "Poetry" is rooted in concise and powerful imagination, or linked with experience, ideas and emotional reactions, and reorganizes meaning, conscious and subconscious expression, symbol, formal or informal style, sound and rhythm according to certain rules. This type of literature includes narrative, drama, satire, exhortation, pornography and personal form.
In ancient times, information technology was underdeveloped, and it was very inconvenient for people to transmit information from one area to another, so they compiled written poems into songs, and poems came from people's mouths; Poetry originated from ancient social life, which is a rhythmic and emotional language form due to labor production, sex and primitive religion. "Shangshu Yu Shu": "Poetry expresses ambition, song expresses Tao, sound is eternal, law and harmony." "Rites and Music": "Poetry expresses ambition; Song, chanting its voice; Dance, move its capacity; The three are based on the heart, and then the instrument follows it. " In the early days, poetry, song, music and dance were integrated. Poetry is the lyrics, which are always sung with music and dance in actual performances. Later, poetry, song, music and dance developed independently and became independent adults. Poems and songs are collectively called poems.
Poetry is the oldest and most literary style, which comes from ancient labor songs (later developed into folk songs) and sacrificial eulogy. Poetry used to be a general term for poetry and songs, and poetry combined with music and dance was called poetry. China's poems have a long history and rich heritage, such as The Book of Songs, Songs of the South, Han Yuefu and the works of countless poets. European poetry originated from Homer and Sappho in ancient Greece, Virgil and Horace in ancient Rome.