Metrical Poetry
It is a poem written in a certain format and rules. It has strict rules on the number of lines, the number of words (or syllables), the tone and rhyme, the antithesis of words and the arrangement of sentence patterns. For example, China's ancient poems, quatrains, words and songs, and European sonnets. And the four-character, six-character and eight-character fonts of metrical new poems. There may be more modern metrical new poems in the future.
Free verse
It is a newly developed poetic style in modern Europe and America. It is not limited by metrical rules, has no fixed format, pays attention to natural and internal rhythm, and uses rhymes roughly similar or without rhymes. The number of words, lines, sentence patterns and tones are relatively free, and the language is relatively popular. Whitman, an American poet (1819-1892), is the founder of European and American free verse, and Leaves of Grass is his main collection of poems. This poetic style has also become popular in China since the May 4th Movement.
Poetry in prose
It is a literary genre with the characteristics of both prose and poetry. There are poetic artistic conception and passion in the works, which are often full of philosophy, pay attention to the natural rhythm and the beauty of music, and are short in length, like prose, unbranched and rhyming. For example, Lu Xun's Wild Grass is for reference only, Yi Jinlan Mountain.
rhyme
Rhyme belongs to a literary genre. As the name implies, it generally means that the end of a poem must rhyme and read as catchy as a ballad, regardless of the beat and pace. Rhyme poetry here refers to modern rhyme poetry, which belongs to a new type of poetry, rhyming new poetry, with regular rhyme but asymmetrical pace (rhythm). Wang Guozhen is the most representative. At present, there are Ding Xiang (northern ronin), Qiu Le and Shen Hongzhou who inherit this poetic style. Theoretically, Xiao Qu and Sun's research group on metrical new poetry made a detailed study and explanation of modern metrical poetry and the theory of metrical poetry.