节奏与诗——兼论节奏的起源

Rhythm and Poetry——On the origin of rhythm

诗歌艺术的本质特征之一在于其具有韵律与节奏追求。这种追求由于兼备了构成诗歌意义的特质,而与音乐、舞蹈对节奏的追求呈现出明显的不同。诗歌作品的节奏从本质上说是人类自身节奏感的一种外化表现。人类自身节奏感是以二节拍为主要形式特征的节奏,它伴随着人类的产生而产生,在人类生活与劳动过程中逐渐积淀与进化,衍生出三节拍、四节拍等多种样式,并且逐渐具有了社会文化学与美学上的价值。

One of the essential features of poetry is that it pursues the meter and rhythm. This kind of rhythm has met the need for poetry but is clearly different from that for music and dance. The rhythm for poetry is essentially the outer expressing of the rhythm felt by human＇ s own sense of rhythm, which is expressed with the feature of duple time and came into existence with the birth of humans themselves. It develops and becomes more and more mature with the development of life and work by human beings. Finally, it evolves into triple time, quadruple time and the like, and gradually, possesses the value of social culturology and aesthetics as well.