Differences between China's Poetry and Foreign Poetry

Poetic quatrains that appeared after the Tang Dynasty in China pay attention to meter, such as the number of sentences, the number of words, the level of words, rhyme and so on. China's poems are subtle, concise and pay attention to artistic conception. Foreign poetry is not as exquisite as China's classical poetry, but more free and unrestrained. There is not much difference between China's modern poetry (free verse) and foreign poetry.

Second, the requirements are different.

China people think that poetry is the highest realm of literature, and they are very strict about the form, rhythm and emotional conciseness of poetry.

Foreign poetry, on the other hand, is more a direct expression of the poet's emotional passion, less norms and more freedom, more like the prose style in the eyes of China people.

Third, the difference between classical poetry.

China's early classical poems include The Book of Songs and Songs of the South. However, after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, a relatively novel form began to appear in China's literary world, which is a modern poem different from the early classical poems. Generally speaking, a considerable part of Tang poetry belongs to this kind of poetry.

Foreign poetry also originates from life and reproduces life. However, compared with China's classical poetry, foreign poetry is more free and unrestrained. Due to different cultural backgrounds, it is difficult for us to appreciate the beauty of many foreign poems without reading the original works.