The born weakness of vernacular poems is the unrefined language. The paper discusses the connotation of the language refinement, analyzes the problem of non-refinement and puts forward some improving measures.

• 白话诗语言欠精练,是与生俱来之病。本文就诗歌语言精练的内涵作了一些探讨,对白话诗语言欠精练的问题作了一些分析,认为有主客观方面的原因,并就作者方面提出了改进的几点措施:认真写作;努力学习汉语言文学知识,学习古典诗歌;热爱母语,深入民间采风。