Poetry is one of the basic literary styles. It is the most concentrated, refined and generalized reflection of social life, full of the author's strong feelings and rich imagination. Language is more concise and harmonious than prose, with strong musicality and distinct rhythm. Except for prose poems, they are generally arranged in rows. Poetry is a primitive literary style, which originated from labor and has a long history in China. It can be divided into other literary genres: prose developed from lyric poetry, novel developed from narrative poetry, poetic drama integrated from narrative poetry and lyric poetry, and drama developed from poetic drama. In ancient China, poems and songs were different. Poetry is for reading, and songs are for singing. Now poetry and songs are collectively called poetry. Poetry can be divided into lyric poetry, narrative poetry and philosophical poetry in nature, and metrical poetry, free verse poetry, prose poetry and ballad in form. Rhyme can be divided into rhyming poems and blank poems. China's poems can be divided into old poems and new poems. Old poems include ancient poems and modern poems.
China is a country of poetry, with a very rich poetic heritage. The earliest collection of poems, The Book of Songs, Chu Ci, Han Yuefu, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tang Poetry, Song Ci, Yuan Qu, etc., constitute a long and glorious history of China's poetry.
Poetry originated from the voice of primitive labor. At first, it formed a trinity with music and dance, and then it gradually became independent. It is the earliest literary style in all kinds of literature.
Philosophical poetry refers to a kind of poetry that embodies the poet's philosophical thought. Its profound, implicit, meaningful and abstract philosophy often contains vivid artistic images.