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Modal words in ancient poetry

The modal particles in ancient poetry are as follows:

1, Hu ū: to express doubt or rhetorical question, the same as "ma": princes would rather have seeds ~? The multiple-choice question is the same as "Ni": Ran ~? No ~ means guess, just like "ba": where are the chances of success or failure? It means to pray, just like "ba": long pass back ~! Same as "Ah": God ~!

2. Lian: Also known as Lian or Lian. An interjection is equivalent to "alas".

3.Yey ě: Yey ě: Also, most of them are at the end of the sentence, which is also used to stop the sentence: in ancient times, there were instructions as language AIDS, and there were words; Dictionary precepts are auxiliary words that express judgment, affirmation and doubt.

4, ǐ y: classical Chinese auxiliary words, used at the end of the sentence, equivalent to "le": it's too late to regret | a long time ago.

5. Whoo-hoo: Also called Wu-hoo, Yu-hoo and Yu-Xi. Classical Chinese exclamation expressing sigh: ~ alas.

Modal words are function words expressing mood, which are often used at the end of sentences or pauses in sentences to express various moods. Common modal particles are: de, le, Yao, de, ba, ah. Modal words: attached to the end of words and sentences to express mood. Modal words are often used at the end of sentences to express various moods, and can also be used to indicate pauses in sentences.

Formal characteristics

1, orderly sentences, classical poems, except words and songs, are mostly long and short. For example, The Book of Songs is basically four words, The Songs of Chu is roughly six words plus the word "Xi", and most ancient poems and modern poems are five or seven words.

2. Flat tone and duality, flat tone and flat tone are two major categories of Chinese tones. In modern poetry, poetry and songs, there are quite strict regulations on the use of flat and even words. Some positions must be in plain characters, and some positions must be in plain characters. For example, "Although the country is broken, the mountains and rivers will last forever, and the vegetation will revive in spring" (Du Fu's "Spring Hope") is a sentence pattern of "flat and light, flat and light".