The uniqueness of modern poetry and ancient poetry

The difference between ancient poetry and modern poetry in form is the most obvious and fundamental, especially in emphasizing the level and even the writing style. Paying attention to form, that is, stubbornly believing that writing poetry must be proficient in meter and completed in accordance with the prescribed format, is harmful and does more harm than good. Why modern poetry rises is a topic worthy of our consideration. Modern poetry creation is the mainstream of poetry creation in this era and even in the future, which can be seen from the proportion of poetry published on the Internet and traditional journals. On the other hand, if the mainstream position of ancient poetry is not restricted, I am afraid that the level of modern poetry has already surpassed that of ancient poetry. In detail, I think there is no difference between ancient poetry and modern poetry in time and history. Whether you like ancient poetry or master modern poetry is related to the author's personal hobbies and creative methods, and has nothing to do with the quality of the poem itself, or whether it exists or not, which has no conflict with the requirements of poetry creation (both metrical poetry and modern poetry need musical beauty, jumping, dialectics and a tangible life experience).

When the development of China's modern poetry abandons the development direction dominated by western literary theory, we can't simply restore the tradition of metrical poetry as some viewpoints do. After all, the spoken language of China people today has changed a lot compared with that of 100 years ago.

The future development direction of China's poetry is still to approach the most active and realistic oral language. In recent years, something similar to poetry has been quietly circulated in the society, such as "first-class male …, second-class male …, third-class male …", "Red flag does not fall, colorful flag flutters" and so on. Although the content is vulgar, these folk free creations have already possessed the embryonic form of real China's poems in the 2 1 century. In addition, the development of pop music will also promote the great development of China's poetry. For example, the lyrics of Farewell My Concubine sung by Tu Honggang can be regarded as a very good poem.

Another tendency of poetry in Song Dynasty is metrical. People in later generations have a misunderstanding of meter, thinking that it is the law of poetry. In fact, the appearance of meter is the result of requiring poetry to be widely sung. At that time, music was an important part of market culture. The musical habit of teaching by example has fixed some classic aria and classical aria. Poetry is to match those arias or arias, so its length has certain requirements. In fact, there is nothing wrong with adding a word or two in some places in metrical poems. In fact, it is a little more segmentation and change when singing. To some extent, the metrical poetry in Song Dynasty is the requirement and result of socialized division of labor and assembly line manufacturing of poetry.