Characteristics of English Poetry

English poetry generally pays attention to rhyme, especially at the end of each sentence, which is a bit like Chinese flat, but not so regular, because the syllables of English words are very different from those of Chinese characters. Most English words are two or more syllables, while Chinese characters are all one syllable, so Chinese is certainly more neat.

Types of English Poetry English poetry includes metrical poetry, blank poetry and free verse.

In English metrical poems, light tone and stress appear according to certain rules. There are seven common types: one light and one heavy is called iambic; One heavy and one light is called Yang Yige; Emphasis on two light, known as yang suppression, suppression; Two lightness and one weight are called iambic; One syllable and two syllables are called Yangyang songs; One light syllable and two syllables are called suppression lattice; Three syllables, one light, one heavy and one light, are called iambic. We can judge the rhythm of a poem according to the stress law and the number of steps, which is called metrical analysis or step division.

English blank poems refer to poems that don't rhyme but have a fixed rhythm and length.

The main characteristics of English free verse are that it does not follow the traditional rhyme and meter, and the line length is irregular. Its rhythm unit is not a step, but a larger word group, short sentences and even paragraphs.