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What is soy sauce poetry?

1. It should be a "doggerel".

2. Doggerel, a kind of interesting slang poetry style, is said to be named after the Chinese Tang Dynasty author Zhang Doggerel. Zhai Hao of the Qing Dynasty once quoted Zhang Zhang's "Snow Poetry" in his "Popular Edition·Literature·Verse" and said: "There is an image on the river and a black hole on the well. The body of the yellow dog is white, and the body of the white dog is swollen." Later generations will call this type. Poems that are slang, humorous, small and interesting are called "lime poems". In addition, sometimes the author writes poems to mock himself or out of self-effacement, which is also called "doggerel".

3. The content and words of limericks are popular and humorous, and are not limited to straight and oblique rhymes. They do not require high literary knowledge and rhythm, and are easy for ordinary people to pass on orally. At the same time, it is a form of expression due to social unrest, people's criticism of reality, understanding of society and facing life. Doggerel poems are easier to create, easier for the masses to accept, and easier to remember. The limerick spread.