古体诗

古體詩

gǔtǐshī

noun

Measure Word

一首古体诗 shǒu

Meanings

1 classical-style poetry (pre-Tang form)
2 old-style verse with looser metrical rules than regulated Tang poetry

Characters

form, style, body

Examples

古体诗的形式比近体诗自由很多。

Gǔtǐshī de xíngshì bǐ jìntǐshī zìyóu hěn duō.

Old-style poetry is much freer in form than regulated-style poetry.

李白的《将进酒》是一首著名的古体诗。

Lǐ Bái de «Qiāng Jìn Jiǔ» shì yì shǒu zhùmíng de gǔtǐshī.

Li Bai's 'Invitation to Wine' is a famous old-style poem.

老师让我们区分古体诗和律诗的不同。

Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen qūfēn gǔtǐshī hé lǜshī de bùtóng.

The teacher asked us to distinguish old-style verse from regulated verse.

Tips

history

Contrast with 近体诗 (jìntǐshī, 'new-style' regulated verse), which codified strict tonal patterns, parallelism, and line counts starting in the Tang. 古体诗 refers to pre-Tang modes, or Tang-and-later poems that deliberately adopt the freer old form.

usage

Lines in 古体诗 are usually 4, 5, or 7 characters long, but unlike 律诗 the poem can run to any length and doesn't have to follow the 平仄 tone-matching rules.

Stroke Order

古 gǔ

体 tǐ

诗 shī