What are the similarities of ancient Chinese poems compared to modern Chinese poems?
POEM WRITING HAS NOT CHANGED VERY MUCH. ONLY THE LANGUAGE HAS CHANGED BUT ONLY THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE WORDS. EVERY POEM IS DIFFERENT BUT SOME OF THE STYLES REMAIN THE SAME FOR EXAMPLE 李白 ONLY WROTE 唐诗 AND 杜甫 ONLY WROTE律詩 THESE STYLES OF WRITING POEMS WERE DEVELOPED BY THE POETS THEMSELVES. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO COPYRIGHT BACK THEN SO PEOPLE WOULD STEAL THEIR IDEAS AND PRETEND THAT IT WAS THEIR OWN. SOME PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT DOING THIS AND WERE PROSECUTED VERY SEVERELY USUALLY IT MEANT BEING BEHEADED.
PEOPLE CAN STILL READ POETRY BECAUSE THE WRITING HAS ONLY CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, OFTEN THE RHYMES OR TONAL RHYTHMS ARE LOST FOR POEMS THAT RHYMED OR HAD TONAL PATTERNS BECAUSE THE PRONUNCIATION HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT, BUT THE MEANINGS OF THE CHARACTERS HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH, THOUGH MODERN DAY READERS MAY INTERPRET THE WORDS TO MEAN SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE ANCIENT AUTHOR INTENDED IT TO MEAN. NUANCES AND CONNOTATIONS MAY BE LOST. SINCE OLD POEMS REMAIN AND MODERN CHINESE CAN UNDERSTAND THEM TO SOME EXTENT, THEY ARE STILL APPRECIATED.
NUANCES: A SUBTLE DIFFERENCE IN OR SHADE OF MEANING, EXPRESSION, OR SOUND.
CONNOTATIONS: AN IDEA OR FEELING WHICH A WORD INVOKES FOR A PERSON IN ADDITION TO ITS LITERAL OR PRIMARY MEANING.