1, different occurrence times
Ci: Ci appeared in Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Poetry: Poetry appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
2. Differences in form
The form of poetry is fixed, and each sentence has a fixed sentence pattern, while words have no fixed sentence pattern.
3. Different classifications
Poetry: China's ancient poems can be divided into three categories: classical poems, regular poems and quatrains, and Yuefu belongs to these three categories.
Words: Words can be roughly divided into three categories, namely Xiao Ling (less than 58 words); Alto (59 ~ 90 words); Long tune (above 9 1 word).