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Seven-word stanzas are a genre of traditional Chinese poetry, known as "seven stanzas" for short, which is a category of "proximate poetry". It is also known as modern poetry and metered poetry, and is a genre of Han Chinese poetry that emphasizes leveling and rhyming. It is different from the ancient style of poetry and has the name of proximity.

It refers to another poetic genre formed after the early Tang Dynasty. The seven-character stanza is a genre of traditional Chinese poetry, called the seven stanzas for short, and belongs to the category of proximate poetry.

This genre consists of four stanzas of seven lines each, with strict metrical requirements in terms of rhymes and pairs.

This style of poetry originated from the music and songs of the Southern Dynasties or the folk songs of the Northern Dynasties, or can be traced back to the ballads of the Western Jin Dynasty, and was finalized and matured in the Tang Dynasty. Representative works include Wang Changling's Two Songs of Sending Xin Jian from Hibiscus Tower, Li Bai's Early Departure from Baidi City, and Du Fu's Meeting Li Guinian in Jiangnan.