What are the specific forms of Tang poetry?
There are six kinds, five-character classical poems, seven-character classical poems, five-character quatrains, seven-character quatrains, five-character regular poems and seven-character regular poems.
1. Five-character ancient poetry is a new poetic style formed in Han and Wei dynasties.
it has no certain meter, unlimited length, no flat tone and quite free rhyme, but the sentence pattern of five words per sentence is fixed. Because it is not only different from Yuefu songs in Han Dynasty, but also different from the near-body metrical poems and quatrains in Tang Dynasty, it is called five-character ancient poetry. Although the five-character ancient poems in Tang Dynasty originated from Han and Wei Dynasties, they never followed the imitation and presented their own features with distinctive characteristics of the times.
2. Five-character quatrains are a genre of China's traditional poems, referred to as five quatrains for short, which are short poems with five words and four sentences and conform to the norms of rhythmic poetry, and belong to the category of modern poetry. This style originated from Yuefu poems in Han Dynasty, was deeply influenced by folk songs in the Six Dynasties, and matured in the Tang Dynasty.
Due to the limitation of the number of words, compared with other poetic genres, the five-character quatrains require more conciseness and generalization in their language and expression, which makes it more difficult to create.
Therefore, the five-character quatrains naturally become the brightest pearl in the poetry of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the essence of the Tang poetry. Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been many famous poems, which are one of the most popular styles among all kinds of poetry styles, such as chanting history, reminiscing about the past, discussing affairs, expressing ambitions, complaining about grievances and friendship.
3. Seven-character quatrains are a genre of China's traditional poetry, which belongs to the category of modern poetry. There are four poems in this style, each with seven words, and there are strict metrical requirements in rhyme and adhesion.
Seven-character quatrains can be composed freely because they can be either dual or dual. Because of the short space, the sentence is refined and implicit, and there are many implications; Because of paying attention to temperament, it is cadenced and catchy, and it is suitable for chanting. Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been many famous poems and excellent sentences, which are one of the most popular styles of poetry.
4. Five-character verse is a genre of China's traditional poetry, which belongs to the category of modern poetry. This style originated in the period of Qi Yongming in the Southern Dynasties, and its prototype is Shen Yue's new style poems which pay attention to rhythm and antithesis. It was basically shaped by Shen Quanqi and Song Zhiwen in the early Tang Dynasty and matured in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
for the people in the Tang dynasty, the five-character metrical poem is a new poetic style born out of the five-character ancient poems. It inherits the principle that the sentences in the Five Ancient Dynasties have definite characters and rhymes with every other sentence, and draws lessons from the metrical and dual principles of parallel prose, and has developed in many aspects.
5. Seven-character verse is a genre of China's traditional poetry.
Du Fu has comprehensively opened up the realm of metrical poetry, in which current affairs and politics, life experience, local customs, cultural relics and historic sites are all fused into strict metrical rules, and the value of this poetic style is raised to the height of standing side by side with ancient poems and quatrains.
from du fu to the middle Tang dynasty, the seven-character law style failed to bring forth new ideas. In the late Tang dynasty, seven-character rhythmic poetry opened up a new situation. Wen Tingyun, Li Shangyin and Du Mu, the masters of the seven laws, not only trimmed the shape of the poems, but also transformed their temperament, pushing the art of the poems to a new stage.
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