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FOREWORD

It is with gre~t pleasure and enlightenment tha 1 t I had
an oppor.tunity to go through the poems of Mr, V. Mc.,han
Prasad. These are apparently translations from T,elugu
by his talented friend Mr, P, Rama Rao. That they do
not read like translations is a great thing to be admired,
Mr. Prasad has a keen observation. His insights are very
deep. Though the themes come from daily life, the poems
are charged with a philosophical outlook. For instance,
he says;

Train is long
Tense short,

The stamp of whitman is evident. There is some-
1thing of Wordsworth r1Joo. These two influences are in-
vigorating. Some of his comparisons are home-spun like
the 'tobacco leaves of Guntur Companies'.

The poems are in free verse. But the ver.:;e is not
free, There is a rhythm and this makes the collection a
work of art. Looking at these poems one feels that Mr.
Prasad will bring out major works in the near future.
Indo-Anglian literature has come of age and writers like
Mr. Prasad will be-they are-pioneers of a new and impor-
tant period in the history of Commonwealth Literature.

P. S, SASTRI
Professor & Head of the
Nagpur-10, Dept, of English,
Jan, 29, 1977. UNIVERSITY OF NAGPUR,