What are the themes of Song poetry?

From the ideological content, Song poetry is broader than all previous dynasties. This is mainly manifested in the following aspects.

First, there are many works that directly discuss politics with poetry. The climax of poetry creation in Song Dynasty is often accompanied by the climax of political struggle. For example, there are many political poems and current affairs poems about the struggle between the old and new parties in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there are also many political poems and current affairs poems about the struggle between peace and war in the Southern Song Dynasty. Second, the description of people's livelihood is broader and deeper. Song poetry not only writes about ordinary farmers weaving women, but also extends to trackers, fishermen, urban civilians, craftsmen, small traders, artists and so on. , a more profound performance of the ruling class's various means of oppression and exploitation to the people's suffering. Third, patriotic poetry is unprecedentedly prosperous. In view of the constant foreign invasion in the Song Dynasty, such works naturally increased day by day, and by the Southern Song Dynasty, they had become the main theme of poetry creation. Fourth, the description of social life pictures such as economic production, folk customs and folklore is more extensive. Many new economic, social and cultural phenomena, such as salt and wine monopoly, water transportation, mining, new farm tools, medical technology, holiday customs, divination and storytelling, have been absorbed by poets. Fifth, a large number of works were produced to evaluate art. The cultural literacy of Song people was much higher than that of their predecessors, and many excellent critical poems, books, paintings and music were produced. Poetry became an important tool for literary criticism.

Song poetry also has many shortcomings in ideological content, such as love poems, lyric poems, frontier poems and so on.