KnowraCi poetryLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Ci poetry, each with the reason it gives.All 10Broader topic 2Related 2Narrower topic 4Compared with 2Chinese poetryBroader topic: Its tune patterns shape irregular lines and distinguish it from fixed-length shi verse.Classical Chinese poetryBroader topic: Its musical patterns produced a major alternative to fixed-line regulated verse.Su ShiRelated: Su Shi expanded ci beyond themes of love and entertainment into public and philosophical subjects.Fu (poetry)Compared with: Ci follows musical templates, unlike fu’s freer movement between prose and verse.Regulated verseCompared with: Its tune-based patterns differ from regulated verse’s fixed line architecture.Li QingzhaoNarrower topic: Li Qingzhao became one of ci poetry’s most celebrated practitioners.Xin QijiNarrower topic: Xin’s best-known poems use this song-derived form to express political longing and personal reflection.Wen TingyunNarrower topic: Wen’s surviving lyrics are among the earliest influential examples of this form.Lu YouRelated: Lu You used ci to give intimate emotion a different shape from his regulated verse.Zhou BangyanNarrower topic: Zhou became one of the Northern Song's most influential composers of lyrics in this form.