What kinds of poems are there in The Book of Songs?

The poems in The Book of Songs are generally elegant and ode, depending on the music. There is a saying about the classification of poems in The Book of Songs: "Four Beginnings and Six Meanings". "Four Beginnings" refers to four top poems: National Style, Elegant Style, Xiaoya and Ode. "Six meanings" refers to "wind, elegance, praise, fu, comparison and glory".

"Style, elegance and praise" are the classification of the Book of Songs according to different music, and "Fu, Bi and Xing" are the expressions of the Book of Songs. Includes the following contents:

Poetry with the theme of love; Poetry with the theme of war; Poetry of married life; Persuade poetry; Poetry reflecting people's sufferings; Poetry expressing dissatisfaction with the ruling class.

Banquet poems are poems used by kings to greet princes and ministers, and princes also have banquet poems when entertaining ministers.

Sacrificial poems ~ The Book of Songs had a high position in the Spring and Autumn Period, and many of them were regarded as appropriate diplomatic rhetoric, which also had a great influence on later generations. The above is for reference.