Sri Aurobindo

Letters on Poetry and Art

SABCL - Volume 27

Part 2. On His Own and Others’ Poetry
Section 1. On His Poetry and Poetic Method
On Savitri

Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [37]

And overcast with error, grief and pain

The soul’s native will for truth and joy and light. [p. 203]

The two trios are not intended to be exactly correspondent; “joy” answers to both “grief” and “pain” while “light” is an addition in the second trio indicating the conditions for “truth” and “joy”.

1948