Poetry of the Tang and Song Dynasties

I'm a huge fan of poetry and I actually sort of liked the poems. At first I thought the poems would be so obscure that I wouldn't underhand anything. But, the common themes of the poems were alchohol and love. They pretty easy to follow, and the topics were quite universal. The poems of the Tang dynasty were much more formal, and followed a much stricter format. The poems of the Song dynasty, on the other hand, flowed much better,and they had a certain rhythm to them. I don't think the poems reflect the dynasties well. First off, they wrote about love and alcohol, and even though liquer was common to all societies, it wasn't the most importan aspect. They never wrote about agriculture of war, or anything like that. They focused on what other people would find interesting, not what they're society was for. But, I do think poetry can reflect a society. It is very possible for poets to write about their surroundings, and their daily life. They are fully able to write about war and even agriculture.