Poetry refers to the traditional poetry of Han nationality in China, represented by ancient poems, modern poems and metrical words. It is also one of the characteristics of Chinese character cultural circle. Generally speaking, poetry is more suitable for "expressing ambition" and words are more suitable for "expressing emotion". Poetry is a literary art that elucidates the soul, while poets and poets need to master mature artistic skills and express social life and human spiritual world with concise language, dense composition, rich emotions and rich images in a highly concentrated way according to strict rhythm requirements. China's poetry originated in the pre-Qin period and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. China's ci originated in Sui and Tang Dynasties and was popular in Song Dynasty.
Reading refers to the process of acquiring symbols and words prepared by others, and identifying, understanding and analyzing them, sometimes accompanied by reading aloud, appreciating and memorizing. The most common of these symbols is language, and other notes, passwords, charts and so on are also listed here; The acquisition process is generally seen by eyes, and it also includes other acquisition methods such as tactile recognition of Braille by the blind.
Therefore, from the part of speech, reading is a verb, and literature and poetry are nouns; In terms of coverage, literature covers a lot, including poetry.