A poem written in this language is often referred to as the "Star Gauge," and can be read forward, backward, horizontally, vertically, diagonally, or in color-coded grids. A poet who worked in this language wrote "Essay on Literature" in a poetic form that frequently changes rhyme and meter and rhapsodizes on a given theme using as many different words as possible. A major caesura typically precedes the last three syllables of each line in this language's (*) regulated verse poetry. Eliot Weinberger and Octavio Paz co-wrote a book that compares nineteen translations of a poem in this language. That poem describes reflected sunlight shining on green mosses in the title "Deer Park." A poem in this language begins with the sound of horses neighing and vehicles rumbling as they carry soldiers to the frontier. For 10 points, name this language that was used to write the Classic of Poetry, "Song of the Wagons," and "Drinking Alone by Moonligh
A poem written in this language is often referred to as the "Star Gauge," and can be read forward, backward, horizontally, vertically, diagonally, or in color-coded grids. A poet who worked in this language wrote "Essay on Literature" in a poetic form that frequently changes rhyme and meter and rhapsodizes on a given theme using as many different words as possible. A major caesura typically precedes the last three syllables of each line in this language's (*) regulated verse poetry. Eliot Weinberger and Octavio Paz co-wrote a book that compares nineteen translations of a poem in this language. That poem describes reflected sunlight shining on green mosses in the title "Deer Park." A poem in this language begins with the sound of horses neighing and vehicles rumbling as they carry soldiers to the frontier. For 10 points, name this language that was used to write the Classic of Poetry, "Song of the Wagons," and "Drinking Alone by Moonlight," the last of which is a poem by Li Bai.
A poem written in this language is often referred to as the "Star Gauge," and can be read forward, backward, horizontally, vertically, diagonally, or in color-coded grids.
Classical  Chinese [or Literary Chinese; or  wÃ©nyÃ¡n wÃ©n; accept  zhÃµngwÃ©n]