Ancient poetry is divided according to rhythm and structural form.

Ancient poetry can be divided into ancient poetry and modern poetry according to rhythm. Classical poetry and modern poetry are concepts formed in the Tang Dynasty, which are divided from the perspective of poetic rhythm.

Ancient poetry is divided into structural forms, such as coordination from beginning to end, straight to the point, in-depth level, repetition of chapters and sentences, scenery first, emotion later, dying chapters and sentences, top gun and so on.