The difference is that the couplet is the second couplet, that is, three or four sentences, which generally requires antithesis, while the neck couplet refers to the third couplet (five or six sentences) of rhyme. Rhyme is divided into four parts: first couplet, parallel couplet, neck couplet and tail couplet. The first couplet is the first two sentences, the parallel couplet is the third sentence, the four necklaces are the fifth and sixth sentences, and the tail couplet is the seventh and eighth sentences.
Introduction to prosodic poetry:
Rhyme is a genre of China's traditional poetry, which belongs to the category of modern poetry. Named for its strict metrical requirements. Metric poems originated from Shen Yue and other new-style poems that emphasized the antithesis of metrical poems in the Southern Dynasties, and were further developed and stereotyped by Shen Quanqi and Song in the early Tang Dynasty, and prevailed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Rhyme has strict rules in word, rhyme, even tone and antithesis. Its common types are five-character poems and seven-character poems.
Genre evolution:
Rhyme is one of the basic forms of modern poetry (in the Tang Dynasty, rhyme was used as a general term for modern poetry, including modern quatrains, which were later divided). It sprouted from Shen Yue's new-style poems which focused on rhythm and antithesis, sprouted in the Qi Yongming period of the Southern Dynasties, took shape in the early years of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and matured in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.
There are three types of physical metrical poems in Qi and Liang Dynasties, that is, the whole poem does not stick to the meter, the whole poem sticks to the meter, and the whole poem sticks to the meter. However, the metrical form that all poems adhere to is the main form, which is far from perfect modern poetry.
Among them, from the middle and late Liang Dynasty to Chen, there are some works by Yin Keng, Yu Xin, Xu Ling and others. It is very close to the regular poems of the Tang Dynasty. Su Yang, Lu Sidao, Xue Daoheng and others in the Sui Dynasty, combined with the gorgeous ci works in the Southern Dynasty and the fresh and vigorous atmosphere in the northern region, created some beautiful and healthy poems, which pointed out the direction for the development of poetry in the transitional period.
Formal features:
Generalized metrical poems are very inclusive, allowing irregularities and three ends to exist. For example, the Yellow Crane Tower in Cui Hao is a typical example. In a narrow sense, the metrical form of metrical poetry is very strict, and there are strict rules in terms of words, rhyme, level tone and antithesis. A metrical poem with a fixed number of sentences is usually eight sentences each, and more than eight sentences are called excluded or long.
An eight-sentence metrical poem, every two sentences are linked together, is called quadruple. Traditionally, the first couplet is the first couplet, the second couplet is the parallel couplet, the third couplet is the neck couplet, and the fourth couplet is the tail couplet. The upper sentence of each couplet is called a sentence, the lower sentence is called a sentence, and the two sentences form a sentence relationship; The relationship between prepositional antithesis sentence and prepositional sentence is called adjacent sentence relationship.