Techniques for writing regulated verse

Author: Wang Yongyi
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is compiled from the perspective and requirements of learning to write regulated verse (geli shi). It embodies the author's years of dedication to the research and teaching of regulated verse. Compared to general poetry appreciation works, it possesses many unique advantages. The main ones are:
1. It provides a detailed introduction to the "simple mnemonic method for the rules of regulated verse," which uses "four steps" to master all sixteen patterns of both quatrain and regulated verse. Additionally, it explains the commonly used "three methods of rescuing irregularities" with examples, enabling readers to quickly overcome the challenges of the rules. This method is the author's personal research achievement, being simple, easy to learn, and easy to remember, and has been widely welcomed by people.
2. The book is divided into two parts: The first part explains the writing methods of quatrains from various aspects, such as (intention), (image thinking), (interaction between emotion and scene), (narration, comparison, and evocation), (subtlety), (exaggeration), (rhetorical question), (contrast), (repetition), (allusion), (pun), and (parallelism). The second part explains the writing methods of regulated verse from various aspects, such as (feeling the times), (nostalgia for the past), (expressing thoughts), (seeing off), (meeting friends), (describing scenery), (versifying on objects), (versifying on people), (missing family), (seasonal festivals), (love), and (reciprocal versification). The two approaches are clear in narration, profound in analysis, complementary in strengths, and mutually reinforcing, making it easier for readers to gain insights and understand the techniques of writing regulated verse.
3. The book specifically introduces the "eight methods of structuring quatrains," which is the author's research insight and highly beneficial for writing quatrains. The "four methods of structuring regulated verse" in the book also offer new perspectives. Mastering these structural methods can achieve twice the result with half the effort in learning to write regulated verse.
4. The book also analyzes and explains the various sentence structures and grammatical features of poetry from a grammatical perspective. This is very useful for understanding and mastering the formal beauty, conciseness, and musicality of poetry, adjusting words to comply with the rules, and changing sentence structures for variety.