Sumerians invented a narrative poem, usually recited by a poet and sung by a group of people. This type of poem is called great poem, which usually runs through a theme or story line and usually has no obvious time sequence.
The history of China's poems can be traced back to the ancient documents of the Yellow River valley in ancient China around 3000 BC. There are two main forms of ancient poems in China: four-character poems and five-character poems.
Four fonts is a poetic form with four characters as a group and smooth rhyme, such as Guan Ju and Jia Jian in The Book of Songs. Five-character style is a poetic form with five words as a group, which does not rhyme, such as "Lusu" and "Xiao Chun".
The history of ancient Greek poetry can be traced back to around 1 150 BC. The ancient Greeks wrote poems with harps and ancient Greek letters. Ancient Greek poetry is divided into many types, such as lyric poetry, epic poetry, drama poetry and so on. The most famous of them are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
The main forms of medieval European poetry are epic and romantic legend. Epic mainly originates from ancient Greek and Roman culture, while romantic legend is a literary form after the disintegration of European feudal society. Both forms of poetry pay attention to heroism, adventure and mysticism.
In modern times, poetry exists widely all over the world. At the beginning of the 20th century, modernist poetry began to appear in Europe and America. This type of poetry emphasizes personal feelings, feelings and consciousness, as well as the form and rhythm of poetry. In the mid-20th century, a beat generation of poets appeared in America, who advocated expressing their feelings in more natural and common language.
The characteristics of poetry:
1. Language features: Poetry uses refined, vivid and vivid language, and shows strong artistic appeal through rich imagination and unique expression techniques. The language in poetry is often full of rhythm and sense of rhythm, which can arouse readers' * * *
2. Emotional characteristics: Poetry is an artistic form to express emotions. It expresses the author's feelings and thoughts through images, symbols and metaphors. The emotions expressed in poetry are often profound and sincere, sometimes expressing thoughts and feelings for nature, society and human beings, and sometimes expressing praise and pursuit for life, love and friendship.
3. Formal characteristics: there are various forms of poetry, and different forms of poetry can show different emotions and artistic conception. The common forms of poetry are ancient poetry, modern poetry and prose poetry. In addition, some special forms, such as three-line poems, five-line poems and parallel sentences, can also enhance the expressive force and appeal of poetry.