Characteristics of Poetry

Characteristics of Poetry:Poetry is a literary genre that reflects social life in a highly concentrated and generalized way.

He Qifang, a modern poet and literary critic in China, once said, "Poetry is a literary style that reflects social life in the most concentrated way, saturated with rich imagery and feelings, often expressed in a direct lyrical manner, and in the degree of refinement and harmony, especially in the sharpness of its rhythms, and its language is different from that of prose ." This defining statement actually summarizes several basic features of poetry: concentrated reflection of social life. Lyrical thoughts and feelings. Rich imagination. The musical beauty of language.

The language of poetry is particularly rich in musicality, and the beauty of music can enhance the expressive power and artistic influence of the work. The musicality of the language of poetry includes rhythm, tone, rhyme and so on. Poetry requires a distinctive rhythm, pitch and harmony, in line with a certain rhyme, chanting moving and touching, with musical beauty.

Introduction of Poetry:

Poetry refers to the traditional poetry of the Chinese Han nationality, represented by ancient poems, proximate poems and metrical words. It is also one of the characteristics of the Chinese cultural circle. It is generally believed that poems are more suitable for "speech", while words are more suitable for "lyricism".

Poetry is a literary art that expounds the mind, while poets and lyricists need to master mature artistic skills and follow strict rhythmic requirements, using condensed language, dense chapter and verse, full of emotion and rich imagery to highly concentrated expression of social life and the world of human spirit.

Chinese poetry originated in the pre-Qin Dynasty and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. Chinese words originated in the Sui and Tang dynasties and became popular in the Song dynasty. Chinese poetry originated from the folk, in fact, it is a kind of grassroots literature. In the 21st century China, poetry is still favored by the general public.