There are two most important schools of the first generation of poets, one is modernism and the other is crescent school. Dai Wangshu and Bian, the first generation poets, paid attention to the symbolic meaning of new poetry and were deeply influenced by western symbolism. The Crescent School, represented by Xu Zhimo and Lin, pays attention to the rhythm, musicality and aesthetic feeling of new poetry. There are many images in the poem, and the romanticism is heavy.
The second generation of poets are misty poets, mainly Bei Dao, Gu Cheng and Shu Ting, who were active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Most of their poems are obscure, hence the word misty poetry, because they are deeply influenced by the Cultural Revolution and their works are full of criticism of social phenomena.
Finally, let me talk about the third generation poets. They are the third generation of China's modern poetry, and their styles and schools are also called "the third generation". They rose in the late 1980s. To tell the truth, Haizi, the only poet of the third generation who achieved high success, is dead. Taking Haizi as an example, romanticism is very strong, but there is also a lot of symbolism. They were the loneliest generation of poets in China literature at that time, and also the biggest * *.
In addition, there are many schools and poets in China's modern poetry with different styles. Let me start with a few poets, such as Guo Moruo, who are the founders of China's romantic poetry. After him, Gu Cheng and Haizi were also representatives of romanticism, but they were completely different. Romanticism is just an expression and a technique. Then there is Wang Guozhen, the "king of pop" in poetry, whose works are easy to understand and catchy; There is also homesickness. Yu Guangzhong's poems pay attention to music and have a strong romantic color; Molov, a poet who pays attention to symbolism, is good at expressing the present through ancient times, and his poems are full of Zen; Xi Murong's pop diva poems are simple and easy to understand, especially beautiful, with a little taste of national treasures, but they are far more successful than Wang Guozhen.
Let's start with a few schools. Lake poets, to put it bluntly, specializes in writing love poems, and his achievements are not high; The Jiuye school represented by Bian is a school and branch of modernism. Symbolism represented by Li Jinfa, as its name implies, is deeply influenced by western symbolism.
China's poems arrived first, and I'm tired of playing. In fact, after understanding China's modern poems, you will find that China's poems are only superficial (but China's classical poems are the essence! If you want to know more about foreign poetry schools and poets, you have to make another division. However, eastern poets are easier to say. Let's talk about eastern poets first. As for Russian (including former Soviet Union) poets, I think it is better to be divided among western poets.
I'm afraid there are only two Oriental poets worth mentioning (not counting China). One is Ji Bolun, and the other is Tagore. They are similar, but more different. They are both poets and philosophers. Let's start with Ji Bolun. Influenced by william blake, his works are full of romanticism and symbolism, mainly expressing emotions, reflecting the oriental spirit and many social problems. Tagore's poems have a great influence on China's modern literature. The word "new moon" in the "new moon school" originated from Tagore's "New Moon Collection". Most of his poems are based on real life in India and have a strong patriotic color. What we are reading now is the Chinese version, and nothing can be seen. Tagore's poems are written in Bengali, and the metrical format is extremely strict, even stricter than China's classical poems. But Tagore's poems are not all realistic, and he is also influenced by Buddhism. Zen or some philosophies will naturally be seen in his poems. On the whole, his poems are very romantic.
Western poetry has more to say than I said before. Just talk about the simple classification of western poetry. It can be divided into three categories: romantic poetry, symbolic poetry and realistic poetry. In addition, there are democracy, aestheticism, modernism and post-modernism. If you divide it further, there are too many factions. It is best to start with these three principles.
Simply put, you can know their theme, romance, symbol and reality by looking at their names. You may look very clear, but if you want to elaborate, there must be a lot about their literary characteristics, background and style. Especially, the origin of symbolism literature is poetry, and this poet is the famous Baudelaire.
Because of time and energy, I won't elaborate on western poetry. Actually, what I said is very simple. If you want to go deeper, you should not only read poems, but also read poets and the literary color behind poems.