What are the categories of poetry themes?

Poetry themes are mainly divided into the following categories:

Landscape pastoral poetry. This kind of poems mainly describe natural scenery, pastoral scenery and comfortable seclusion life, and their poetic style is generally fresh and beautiful, with beautiful artistic conception. Representative poems, such as Climbing the Pool Upstairs by Xie Lingyun and Passing by the Old People's Village by Meng Haoran.

Frontier poems This kind of poetry takes the description of frontier fortress military life as the theme, expressing lofty aspirations or expressing exotic feelings and exotic scenery. Such as Wang Changling's frontier fortress and Wang Zhihuan's Liangzhou Ci.

Farewell, reminisce about ancient poems. This kind of poems mainly express sadness, hatred and feelings of farewell. For example, Li Bai's "Yellow Crane Tower Farewell Meng Haoran to Yangzhou" Wang Wei sent Yuan and Anxi for the second time.

Poetry about travel and service. This kind of poems mainly express the wandering pain of wanderers and homesickness for their loved ones. Such as the night parking near Zhangjifeng Bridge and the night parking at the foot of Wang Wan North Battery Mountain.

Recite epic poems. This kind of poems mainly praise history, pour their own blocks with the wine of the ancients, and express their thoughts on history and life. Such as Wuyi Xiang by Liu Yuxi and Gong Yue Lou in Deng Pei, Liu Changqing.

Poetry and ode. This kind of poetry expresses the poet's attitude towards life or thoughts and feelings by praising nature or objects. Such as the Yellow Crane Tower in Luo Yin and the early plum blossom in Zhang Wei.

Poems that satirize the present through the ancient times. This kind of poem is a kind of satirical poem, which satirizes the present by chanting historical events and criticizes the shortcomings of the present. Such as Komatsu in Hu Lingneng and Chibi in Mutu.

The Function of Poetry Theme Classification

First of all, it provides a framework and direction for poets to create poems, which is helpful to stimulate their creative inspiration and emotional expression. Different themes of poetry can guide poets to choose different expressive techniques and language styles, making poetry more diverse.

Secondly, the classification of poetry themes also helps readers to better understand and appreciate poetry. Through the comparative analysis of poems with different themes, readers can better understand the theme, emotion and thought of poems and better understand the artistic value of poems. In addition, understanding the classification of poetry themes will also help readers pay more attention to the social and historical background, cultural connotation and artistic style of poetry when reading, so as to better appreciate the aesthetic value of poetry.

Finally, the classification of poetry themes is also of great significance in the history of literary development. Different poetry themes reflect the social reality and people's thoughts and feelings in different times, regions and cultural backgrounds, and are important carriers of literary development. By studying and discussing poems with different themes, we can better understand the development of literature and the evolution of different literary schools and styles.