Ci is a variety of poetry.It is different from ordinary poetryin that its lines are not of the same length,while each line of a po-em has a fixed number of words,generally five or seven words.However,the number of lines and the number of words in eachline of ci are not flexible,neither are its tonal pattern and rhymescheme.There are fixed tunes or forms,and poets have to writeci according to them,or fill them with proper words.It was said that originally this form of poetry was created and Ci is a variety of poetry. It is different from ordinary poetryin that its lines are not of the same length, while each line of a po-em has a fixed number of words, generally five or seven words. However, the number of lines and the number of words in eachline of ci are not flexible, neither are its tonal pattern and rhymescheme.There are fixed tunes or forms, and poets have to writeci according to them, or fill them with proper words .It was said that originally this form of poetry was created and