Metrical Tendency of Yuefu Poems in the Tang Dynasty

Modern-style poetry develops and stabilizes in the Tang Dynasty,the creation of which is heavily influenced by poetic rhythms.This paper focuses on 2405 Yuefu poems anthologized in The Complete Collection of Tang Poems and The Anthology of Yuefu Poetry.Based on the poetic rhythms required of modern-style poetry,the author analyzes the diction and metrical patterns of Yuefu Poems in the Tang Dynasty.The use of antithesis,flat tone or oblique tone in five-character and seven-character Yuefu poems is also analyzed.Among the eleven categories of Yuefu poems in the Tang Dynasty,metrical patterns,adopted by representative authors and embodied in Yuefu poems on the same subject,are categorized.A comprehensive study of the metrical trend is made,thus revealing the transition from conformity in sound to conformity in metrical patterns.