1. From the form of poetry, it can be divided into:
① Ancient poems, including ancient poems (poems before the Tang Dynasty), Chu Ci poems and Yuefu poems. Pay attention to the ancient poetry styles such as "Song", "Song Line", "Quotation", "Qu" and "Ling", which also belong to ancient poetry. Classical poetry does not talk about antithesis, and rhymes freely. The development track of classical poetry: The Book of Songs → Songs of Chu → Han Fu → Han Yuefu → Folk songs in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties → Jian 'an poems → Five-character poems by literati such as Tao poems → Ancient style and new Yuefu in Tang Dynasty.
② Modern poetry, including metrical poems and quatrains.
③ Ci, also known as Yu Shi, Long and Short Sentences, Qu Zi, Qu Zi Ci, Yuefu, etc. Its characteristics: the tone has a fixed frame, the sentence has a fixed number, and the word has a fixed tone. Different words can be divided into long tone (more than 91 words), medium tone (59-9 words) and short tone (less than 58 words). Words can be divided into monotony and disyllabic, and disyllabic is divided into two paragraphs, in which the level and number of words are equal or roughly equal, and monotony is only one paragraph. A paragraph of a word is called a que or a piece, the first paragraph is called Qianque, Shangque and Shangpian, and the second paragraph is called Houque, Xiaque and Xiapian.
④ Qu, also known as Ci Yu and Yuefu. Yuanqu includes Sanqu and Zaju. Sanqu rose in Jin Dynasty and flourished in Yuan Dynasty, and its style was similar to that of Ci. Features: you can add interlining to the number of words, and use spoken English more. Sanqu includes two kinds: poem and song. The number of sets is a coherent set of songs, at least two songs, and dozens of songs. Each set of numbers takes the tune of the first song as the name of the whole set of tunes, and the whole set must be in the same palace tune. It has no guest, but only for cantata.
2. According to the theme of poetry, it can be divided into:
① lyric poetry about scenery, lyric poetry about scenic spots and natural scenery. Because of dissatisfaction with reality, some ancient poets often attached their feelings to mountains and rivers, and expressed their thoughts and feelings by depicting the scenery of rivers and lakes and natural scenery. This kind of poetry often contains the feelings to be expressed in the scenery described later, which is what people often say. Its style is fresh and natural.
(2) chanting things and expressing poems, in which the poet describes the shape, characteristics, charm and character of the chanted things, so as to entrust the poet's own feelings and express the poet's spirit, quality or ideal.
(3) Poems about feeling homesick, which caused the poet's feelings because of one thing, such as feeling homesick, missing friends, etc.
④ Memorizing the past and chanting epic poems, taking historical allusions as the theme, or expressing one's own views, or satirizing the present through the past, or expressing feelings of vicissitudes.
⑤ frontier fortress battle poems, describing frontier fortress scenery and the military life of soldiers guarding the frontier, or expressing their feelings of optimism and heroism or homesickness, are tragic and bold in style and bold in brushwork.