Savitri
The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother
← Sri Aurobindo

Letters on Poetry and Art

CWSA· Vol. 27· Letters

Book 2. Section One - The Sources of Poetry

  1. C. 1Poetic Creation
  2. C. 2Sources of Inspiration
  3. C. 3Overhead Poetry
  4. C. 4Examples of Overhead Poetry

Book 3. Section Two - The Poetry of the Spirit

  1. C. 1Psychic, Mystic and Spiritual Poetry
  2. C. 2Poet, Yogi, Rishi, Prophet, Genius
  3. C. 3The Poet and the Poem

Book 4. Section Three - Poetic Technique

  1. C. 1Technique, Inspiration, Artistry
  2. C. 2Rhythm
  3. C. 3English Metres
  4. C. 4Greek and Latin Classical Metres
  5. C. 5Quantitative Metre in English and Bengali
  6. C. 6Metrical Experiments in Bengali
  7. C. 7Rhyme
  8. C. 8English Poetic Forms
  9. C. 9Substance, Style, Diction
  10. C. 10Grades of Perfection in Poetic Style
  11. C. 11Examples of Grades of Perfection in Poetic Style

Book 5. Section Four - Translation

  1. C. 1Translation: Theory
  2. C. 2Translation: Practice

Book 7. Section One - On His Poetry and Poetic Method

  1. C. 1Inspiration, Effort, Development
  2. C. 2Early Poetic Influences
  3. C. 3On Early Translations and Poems
  4. C. 4On Poems Published in Ahana and Other Poems
  5. C. 5Metrical Experiments
  6. C. 6On Some Poems Written during the 1930s
  7. C. 7On Savitri
  8. C. 8Comments on Some Remarks by a Critic
  9. C. 9On the Publication of His Poetry

Book 8. Section Two - On Poets and Poetry

  1. C. 1Great Poets of the World
  2. C. 2Remarks on Individual Poets
  3. C. 3Comments on Some Examples of Western Poetry (up to 1900)
  4. C. 4Twentieth-Century Poetry
  5. C. 5Comments on Examples of Twentieth-Century Poetry
  6. C. 6Indian Poetry in English
  7. C. 7Poets of the Ashram
  8. C. 8Comments on the Work of Poets of the Ashram
  9. C. 9Philosophers, Intellectuals, Novelists and Musicians
  10. C. 10Comments on Some Passages of Prose

Book 9. Section Three - Practical Guidance for Aspiring Writers

  1. C. 1Guidance in Writing Poetry
  2. C. 2Guidance in Writing Prose
  3. C. 3Remarks on English Pronunciation
  4. C. 4Remarks on English Usage
  5. C. 5Remarks on Bengali Usage

Book 11. Section One - Appreciation of Poetry and the Arts

  1. C. 1Appreciation of Poetry
  2. C. 2Appreciation of the Arts in General
  3. C. 3Comparison of the Arts
  4. C. 4Appreciation of Music

Book 12. Section Two - On the Visual Arts

  1. C. 1General Remarks on the Visual Arts
  2. C. 2Problems of the Painter
  3. C. 3Painting in the Ashram

Book 13. Section Three - Beauty and Its Appreciation

  1. C. 1General Remarks on Beauty
  2. C. 2Appreciation of Beauty

Book 14. Section Four - Literature, Art, Music and the Practice of Yoga

  1. C. 1Literature and Yoga
  2. C. 2Painting, Music, Dance and Yoga

Book 15. Appendixes

  1. C. 1Appendix I: The Problem of the Hexameter
  2. C. 2Appendix II: An Answer to a Criticism
  3. C. 3Appendix III: Remarks on a Review
  4. C. 4Note on the Texts