As a matter of fact, I did forget that this assignment existed.

First off, after years of being bored to tears with poetry units in English class, I did not enjoy this poetry, simply because to me it seemed to ramble and I had trouble following it through my boredom. The two styles of poetry, between the Song and the Tang, seemed similar in the fact that the poems seemed to deal primarily with nature, or factors of nature. For example, many mentioned rivers. The Tang style of poetry, however, was made up of lines of 5-7 characters and each had 8-12ish lines. Many ended up as haikus - whereas the Song poetry seemed more of a free for all. In addition, I noticed that many of the Tang poems dealt with relationships between people - relationships severed by death, desired relationships, friendships, etc. The Song poetry was also noted as being sung, rather than only recited. The poetry of these societies may also reflect the societies themselves. For example, the natural focus of the Tang poetry may be related to the society itself due to the society's care of nature - for example,the equal field system was enacted in order to distribute land, thus promoting farming and such. In terms of both societies, agricultural developments were made, such as the creation of fast-ripening rice. This again reflects on the natural nature of these poems. I do believe that poetry and other forms of art may tell a lot about society. When art is creates, most of the time it reflects the beliefs and opinions of the creator. In this way, art would automatically stand for the views of th society of the creator.