Abstract: Anti-Japanese War poetry has become a part of the war since its appearance. Over the past 80 years, studies on Anti-Japanese War poetry can be roughly divided into four periods: from the "September 18" Event to the founding of new China is the first period, in which researchers are mostly the creators; from the new China establishment to the end of the 1980s is the second period, in which the research framework of genre groups, artistic features, text analysis was initially formed; in the nineties of the twentieth century is the third period, in which scholars expand and reflect on aesthetic experience, spiritual feelings, evolution path of Anti-Japanese War poetry; the fourth period is from beginning of the 21st century up to now, in which the research of Anti-Japanese War poetry in home front is being strengthened and the emerging theory is introduced.