The Artistic Characteristics of"March 19th Poems"in the Early Qing Dynasty
In the poetry circle of the adherents of the Ming Dynasty,it had gradually become a practice to write poems with the title of"March 19th(namely on this day of the lunar calendar every year)",a sensitive date of the demise of the Ming Dynasty.The creation of"March 19th Poems"was an important literary phenomenon in the history of Ming and Qing poetry.These poems with the style of verse and group poems showing a gloomy mood were the same title works of the adherents in different years.In the meantime,these poems are rich in contents,expressing the poets'complex and painful feelings after the change of dynasty.Naturally,these works not only deepen and expand the subject matter of the same kind of poems,but also present various characteristics in creation and enrich the artistic techniques of Chinese classical poetry creation.
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