Ancient poems and verses
Ancient poetry is a poetic genre. Judging from the number of words in poems, there are so-called four-character poems, five-character poems and seven-character poems. Four words are four words, five words are five words, and seven words are seven words. After the Tang dynasty, it was called modern poetry, so it is usually divided into five words and seven words. Five-character ancient poems are referred to as five ancient poems for short. Seven-character ancient poems are referred to as seven ancient poems for short, and those who use three, five and seven words at the same time are generally considered seven ancient poems.
Poetry is the sentence that makes up poetry. Poetry usually limits the number of words in each sentence according to the format of poetry. China's earliest poems were structured with metrical poems, and the metrical requirements were strict. For example, the poems in the pre-Qin period were generally four-character metrical poems, which were found in the Book of Songs. Later, it developed into a five-character or seven-character rhythmic poem, which was found in Tang poetry. After the further development of economy and culture in Song and Yuan Dynasties, the content of poems was gradually expanded and deduced. In the late period of the new-democratic revolution, poems evolved into free-style poems without the limitation of words.