The poems written by the Tang people are not modern poems, and most of the ancient poems before the Tang Dynasty are ancient poems. Modern poetry (modern poetry) is a relatively attempted style recently appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Classical poetry: including ancient poetry (poems before the Tang Dynasty), Chuci and Yuefu poems. Poems with the theme of ancient poems, such as songs, lines, quotations, songs and songs, are also ancient poems. 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. 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. Classical poetry is a type of poetry. Generally, Du is also called archaism. Judging from the number of words in poetry, there are four-character poems, five-character poems and seven-character poems. Four words are four words, five words are five words and seven words are seven words.
After the Tang Dynasty, it became a modern poem, so it is usually divided into five words and seven words. Five-character ancient poems are referred to as five ancient poems for short; Seven-character ancient poems are referred to as seven ancient poems for short, and those who use three, five and seven characters at the same time are generally considered as seven ancient poems.
From the Book of Songs to modern times, ancient poetry has always been a literary genre for literati to express their feelings, and it is also an important part of China's traditional poetry. In addition to rhyme, classical poetry is not restricted by meter, nor does it talk about meter, antithesis and duality, nor does it limit the number of sentences. At the same time, rhyme is broad. Although a poem can be flat, intoned and rhymed, it must have certain rules.