Research On The Classical-Style And Song-Form Poetry Of Shen-Song

Shen Quanqi and Song Zhiwen were two talented poets in the early period of Tang Dynasty, They were called “Shen-Song” because of the similar style. They were both possessed the very high good reputation in political position, and also became very important palace poets. In that time, they composed a large number of very fine metrical poems with high-level aesthetic values, greatly promoted the development of metrical poems. But they also created more than eighty classical-style and song-form poetry, these poems cover an enormous variety of subjects and the technique of expression was more diverse in similar themes. With the relegation of their lives, their poems looks different, they created the higher level works of the visual field being more open and the emotion being more sincere, display their unique literature talent.In the respect of subject, their classical-style and song-form poetry covers an enormous variety of topics. They had opened new subjects and enriched the content for the classical-style and song-form poetry. In the respect of emotion, their affectionate poems fully expressed the authors’ feelings, especially after the relegation, we can feel the moving melody by reading their poems. In the respect of poetic environment, Shen-Song were more interested in making feeling and setting happily blended. They were expert in converting the thing outside to the imagery, and building up a beautiful conception.The classical-style and song-form poetry of Shen-Song promote to change early Tang literature from Tang of golden age literature together. And they both lay a foundation for later literature.