Classical poetry (Chu Ci, Yuefu, Gexing), modern poetry (quatrains, metrical poems), ci, qu and misty poetry (narrative poems, lyric poems, metrical poems, free poems and prose poems).
First, ancient poetry:
Classical poetry includes Chu Ci, Yuefu and Gexing. Classical poetry does not talk about antithesis and rhymes freely.
Second, modern poetry:
Modern poetry, compared with classical poetry, is also called modern poetry, which is a kind of metrical poetry formed in the Tang Dynasty. There are two kinds, and there are strict rules on the number of words, sentences, level tones and rhymes.
According to the classification of melody, it can be divided into two categories: ancient poetry and modern poetry.
Classical poetry and modern poetry are concepts formed in the Tang Dynasty, which are divided from the perspective of poetic rhythm.
1, ancient poetry
Classical poetry: including ancient poetry (poems before the Tang Dynasty), Chuci and Yuefu poems. Poetry in ancient poetry genres such as Song, Gexing, Quotations, Qu and Yin are also ancient poetry. Classical poetry does not talk about antithesis and rhymes freely.
The development track of classical poetry: The Book of Songs → Chu Ci → Han Fu → Han Yuefu → Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties Folk Songs → Jian 'an Poetry → Tao Poetry and other literati five-character poems → Tang Dynasty Ancient Style New Yuefu.
2. Modern poetry
Modern poetry: Modern poetry, also called modern poetry, is a kind of metrical poetry formed in the Tang Dynasty. There are two kinds, and there are strict rules on the number of words, sentences, level tones and rhymes.
One is called "quatrains", each sentence has four sentences, five short words and seven short words.
One is called "metrical poem", each poem has eight sentences, five characters are abbreviated as five laws, seven characters are abbreviated as seven laws, and more than eight sentences are called excluded laws (or long laws).