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Show Ancient Chinese Poetry M as "Written Pictures'' ' ' H Several trnnslatlntiH of sixteenth,"- H eighteenth and nineteenth century Clil- H nese poems, which hnve Just been jH printed In an American magazine of H verse, will strike many casual rend- H ers as being very much like occlden- H tal vers lllire; and It Is iiImi notice-- jH able(that these poeins, widely apart' 1 In time, are very near together n M feeling nnd technlenl manner. Tho' H Clilne-e poet, In fact, seems to lmvif- 1 imtlelpated by several centuries the- H "latest thing" In Western verse ex- H presxlon. And perhaps tills Ik reall B the ease. The Chinese term for such' H poems Is, literally translated, "writ- H ten pictures," which will also seem H to many modern renders a good work- H Ing dillnltlon for vers lihro. Chris-- H tlun Science Monitor. |