Tang vs Song poetry

Poems from both of these dynasties used nature and love as  main themes. They were pretty straightforward to understand. One of the main goals of poetry is to relate to the reader, whether or not the reader has experienced exactly what the poet is talking about. These universal themes help this goal a lot. I did like the poems from both societies. I think poetry can reflect a society very well, because points of view vary between societies, and people within them can be exposed to different things on a daily basis. Even if two poets were talking about the same thing, if they were from different societies, they might have a very different perspective from each other. I think that because these aren't extremely specific, they represent the societies well. The Song poetry did seem a little more serious than the Tang.