Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 4

Letter ID: 969

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

July 31, 1943

(Regarding poems written by Dilipda’s friend Bharati. Re. Bharati’s poem “Left Out”)

This is a fine poem by virtue of its original thought and expression and strongly carved images, and it might have been a great one if there had been the greater poetic cadences. The rhythm here, as in most free verse, though very good in its own kind, is not memorable or inevitable. (Re. the word “furious” in the poem – 12th line). I would suggest that the omission of this epithet would make the line more restrained and powerful.