Monday, 7 May 2012

Lihua style poem


Lihua style poem was popular when I was in senior high school, but unfortunately, I did not have the enthusiasm to learn more about this poetic style until I have learnt this week’s theme. Lihua style comes from one modern Chinese poet, Zhao Lihua, who is famous for her simple, clear and easy-understanding poems. After the appearance of Lihua style, people who just know Chinese language can create a perfect Lihua style poem.
The method to write a Lihua style poem is very simple. First, people should come up with one complete sentence, and then, divide it into several fractions, finally, put them into different lines. For example, we can write “I want to say thanks to my mom.” Then, we divide it into “I”, “want to”, “say”, “thanks”, “to my mom”. And a Lihua style poem has been created:
“I
Want to
Say
Thanks
To My mom”
The main purpose of this poetic style is not rigorous in word choices, but the inner feeling of the poem; however, some poetic experts are strongly against Lihua style. They even deny Lihua style as a so called poetry. As for me, though I like Lihua style due to its direct feeling expressions and the opportunities it gives ordinary people to get close to poetry, I still agree with these experts. Lihua style pays all its attention to express the feelings without caring for its diction. This drawback causes the loss in aesthetic aspect.
Just like SMS, the more simple it is, the more connotations it loses.

5 comments:

  1. Haha, a interesting poem. I think that LuHua's style is more spontaneous and meaningful. It allows us to fully express our feelings instead of thinking about "big words." Maybe I will try this style in the future, thanks.

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  2. I
    Did not
    Know
    Lihua style poem
    Before
    It seems a little funny. Maybe this is the easiest poem to be understood. Anyway, thank you for informing that.

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  3. I
    Want to
    Thank you
    For
    Introducing Lihua style
    I appreciate your argumentative writing. It has its advantages and disadvantages. I think it can be the first step we learn poetry

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  4. It is interesting, but I still cannot understand it. Maybe it is because I am bad at poemtry.

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  5. In my mind, literature is for people to express their feelings and understandings of life, and enables them to appreciate others' masterpieces. I think the style is not important. If a peom can evoke emotions in readers' hearts, the poem can be called a well written poem.

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