Abstract: As an integral part of modern Chinese poetry,the titles have various forms,diversified functions and distinctive features.The modern reform of the titles of the modern Chinese poetry establishes its basic features with its system of central words,symbolic propositions and open forms.Different from the normalized titles of traditional poetry,the titles of modern Chinese poetry highlight the functions of the titles through the use of rhetoric,the participation of narration and lyricism,and the construction of the implication space of language symbols.There is a close relationship between the titles and the content of the modern Chinese poetry.Poets often embed the tenor and metaphor in the titles,and the titles and content of the poems generate each other in the sense of poetry.The prominence of the poets' self-consciousness enables the titles to show the personalized and stylized characteristics,and the context in a particular era also affects the value orientation of the titles.

Key words: the titles of modern Chinese poetry, modern reform, symbolic function, personalized, stylized