Characteristics of free verse

Generally speaking, the vernacular poems in the early May 4th Movement are qualitatively different from the old poems in language, form and ideological content. The early vernacular poems mainly showed the tendency of prosaic culture in form, and basically did not use rhyme, regardless of level and level. With the ups and downs of their feelings, they exchange long and short sentence patterns and use more "line drawing" techniques to truthfully describe specific life scenes or natural scenes. In the content of poetry, the early vernacular poems are consistent with the spirit of the May 4th Movement, with the basic theme of criticizing and denying feudal autocracy, showing the requirements of striving for individual liberation, democracy and freedom, resisting the dark reality and yearning for bright ideals. The early vernacular poems may still be naive and have traces of groping for progress, but they have undoubtedly made historic contributions to the formation of the mainstream of realism in modern poetry in China.