The mainstream of modern poetry is new poetry, which also includes old-style poetry (including poetry, lyrics and music) written by modern people. New poetry is the product of the "May 4th" new literature movement, reflecting new life and expressing new thoughts and feelings. The form of new poetry uses vernacular, breaks the shackles of the rhythm of old poetry, and creates many styles. Generally speaking, one pays attention to rhythm, which is called metrical poetry, and the other is relatively free, that is, free verse. Free verse has a free form, the lines of poetry can be long or short, the number of lines can be more or less, it can rhyme or not, and it can use punctuation or not. Metric poetry is more particular about rhythm, but it does not have a fixed format like old poetry. Generally speaking, the lines of poetry are required to have a relatively neat and harmonious rhythm, and the last words of even-numbered lines of poetry are required to rhyme with roughly the same rhyme; some poems are not divided into sections, and some are divided into several sections. The number of lines in the sections should be approximately equal. ? Poetry has the strongest artistic generalization power. When appreciating it, one must start with the concise and implicit language of the poem, then grasp the deep meaning of the key phrases, taste the emotions expressed by the poem, analyze its various artistic methods, and grasp and deeply understand the shaping of the work. The artistic image and feel the beautiful artistic conception of poetry. ? Specifically speaking, the appreciation of modern poetry mainly starts from the following aspects: ? (1) The language of poetry Language is the basic material of all literary works. Poetry especially pays attention to the use of language, the shaping of its artistic image, the creation of artistic conception and emotion Communication requires the help of language. Due to the characteristics of the genre, the language of poetry requires the use of the most concise words and sentences to convey as much content as possible, which results in the characteristics of concise, implicit and jumpy language in poetry. Relatively speaking, new poetry is written in vernacular and uses fewer allusions. It is easier to grasp the literal meaning than old-style poetry. However, in order to correctly evaluate a poem, you still need to recite it repeatedly, try your best to figure it out, and grasp the author's affectionate words to read carefully. Savor its deeper meaning. ? (2) The image of poetry Poetry reflects life and expresses emotions through artistic images. Appreciating poetry must accurately grasp the artistic images in poetry. Some poems describe specific and vivid images throughout the text, and use images to express emotions; some poems, although they do not describe specific images, can arouse readers' imagination and form specific images in their imagination; some poems not only describe specific images, but also express emotions. It expresses one's own thoughts and feelings. Although the ways of depicting images in poems are different, to appreciate poems, one must grasp the image depicted in poems. ? To grasp the image of poetry, we must grasp the characteristics of the image. Some poems depict many images, and we should combine and imagine many individual images to form an overall image; some poems depict images that are not literal, but have metaphorical or symbolic connotations. It is difficult to grasp the images of such works. To understand it literally, it should be combined with the background of the times, the author's experiences, etc., and to explore the connotation of the image through imagination and association. In short, understanding the image of poetry should be based on deep understanding and overall grasp, and should not be taken literally and superficially. ?
There are many ways to create images in poetry. They can describe the image directly or indirectly; Only by truly understanding the image of the poem can we deeply understand the emotions expressed by the poem. (3) The emotion of poetry Poetry is a lyrical style. When appreciating poetry, you must deeply understand the emotional connotation of poetry. You can understand the author's emotions by grasping what it implies and enlightens readers from the image and artistic conception of the poem. ? The thoughts and emotions of some poems are reflected through the metaphors and symbolic meanings of poetic images. To understand the thoughts and feelings of this type of poetry, we must first accurately grasp the connotation of the image, and then develop associations and imaginations to deepen our understanding of the feelings. We must avoid tacit reference in grasping the image. ? Poetry is a reflection of life in a certain era. To understand the emotions of poetry, we cannot ignore the characteristics of the era. Works on the same theme will show different thoughts and feelings due to different ideals and interests, life experiences and times of the poets. ? To understand the emotion of poetry, we must also take into account the genre, style, genre and other factors of poetry. There are differences in emotional expression between realistic poetry and romantic poetry, and there are also differences in the thoughts and feelings expressed in bold and graceful poetry. ? Poets express their feelings in various ways. You can express your feelings directly, and you can express your feelings through scenery or objects. Many poems are a blend of scenes, embodying feelings in scenery. (4) The artistic characteristics of poetry. The artistic characteristics mainly refer to lyrical means, allusions, conception and expression techniques. In poetry appreciation, one must be able to master the expression methods and artistic techniques commonly used in poetry, such as personification, metaphor, metonymy, exaggeration, contrast, symbolism, using movement to describe stillness, seeing the big from the small, combining virtual and real, setting off, supporting objects to express ambitions, etc. .