ancient-style poem with seven characters per line
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Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
ancient-style poem with seven characters per line
literaryA classical Chinese poetic form, less rigid than regulated verse (律诗). See also 古体诗.
Dù杜
Fǔ甫
de的
《
Bīng兵
Chē车
Xíng行
》
shì是
yī一
shǒu首
zhù著
míng名
de的
qī七
gǔ古
。
Du Fu's 'Ballad of the War Chariots' is a famous ancient-style poem with seven characters per line.
Xiāng相
jiào较
yú于
wǔ五
gǔ古
，
qī七
gǔ古
de的
jié节
zòu奏
gèng更
wéi为
zì自
yóu由
bēn奔
fàng放
。
Compared to five-character ancient-style poems, seven-character ones have a freer and more unrestrained rhythm.