In Songci,responsories were popular in which there were many phenomena of replying rhyming that took the form of antiphonal style,chorus,self-replying and imitation.

• 张先首起尝试,苏门大开风气,苏辛派积极效仿,周姜派较少采用,最后趋于融合,这是宋词次韵现象演变的脉络。