However, in the world of tanka poetry, people have divided poems into the following groups: scenic poetry (poems composed on natural scenery), descriptive poetry (poems describing a fact as is), and lyrical poetry (poems express people's feelings and emotions).
しかし、短歌の世界では対象の捉え方を、叙景歌（自然の風景等を詠んだ歌）、叙事歌（事実をありのままに述べた歌）、抒情歌（感情、感動を述べ表した歌）という分け方をしてきた。