1, the concentration of ideological content. Poetry is the most concentrated expression of a certain social life. The concentration of the ideological content of poetry is mainly reflected in that it expresses the author's thoughts and feelings and reflects social life by creating artistic conception (the image of poetry).
Artistic conception is a harmonious combination of interior and exterior, a harmonious unity of reason, form and spirit, and a poetic artistic world with strong appeal and enlightenment.
2. The lyricism of expression. Poetry is a lyrical literary style. "Poets, ambition is also, in the heart for ambition, words for poetry. Emotions move in the middle and are formed in words. " "The creation of poetry lies in the expression of nature.
The generation of poetry is like the existence of natural things, without the slightest affectation. I think the life of new poetry is here. "(Guo Moruo) The lyricism of poetry is particularly strong compared with other literary styles.
3. Musicality of language form. Poetry is the most musical language art, and harmonious rhyme and distinct rhythm are a basic feature that distinguishes poetry from other styles. Lu Xun demanded: "New poems should have stanzas and roughly similar rhymes". ?
In a word, the essence of poetry is: through careful language, vividly express unique thoughts and feelings, and skillfully express the general from the special, so that the sensory world and emotional world of the self can achieve harmony and unity.
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There are many ways to express poetry. The traditional way of expression that was first popular in China and is still often used today is "Fu, Bi and Xing". "Preface to Mao Poetry" said: "Therefore, poetry has six meanings: one is wind, the other is fu, the third is comparison, the fourth is pride, the fifth is elegance and the sixth is fu."
There are many forms of expression of poetry, which are constantly developing and creating since ancient times, and their application is also flexible, exaggerated, repetitive, overlapping, jumping and so on. It's hard to describe.
However, all methods are inseparable from imagination. Rich imagination is not only a major feature of poetry, but also the most important form of expression of poetry. In poetry, there is also an important technique of expression, which is symbol.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Modern Poetry