Sri Aurobindo

Letters on Poetry and Art

SABCL - Volume 27

Part 2. On His Own and Others’ Poetry
Section 3. Practical Guidance for Aspiring Writers
Guidance in Writing Poetry

Sri Aurobindo’s Critical Comments on Poetry Written in the Ashram [4]

If I could be told what exactly to change in order that my recent lines might achieve full success and become “very fine”, I would be thankful.

I have told you once that I have become more subdued in my appreciations of poetry — so “fine” may very well be changed to “very fine”. The poem you wrote was without a flaw positive or negative — to alter it would be to spoil it.

11 October 1934