Sri Aurobindo's principal work of literary criticism where he outlines the history of English poetry and explores the possibility of a spiritual poetry in the future.
On Poetry
Sri Aurobindo's principal work of literary criticism. In this work, Sri Aurobindo outlines the history of English poetry and explores the possibility of a spiritual poetry in the future. It was first published in a series of essays between 1917 and 1920; parts were later revised for publication as a book.
THEME/S
Lines 1, 2, 4, epitrite, third paeon, trochee,
In line 3, two double trochees,
The day ends lost in a stretch of even, A long road trod—and the little farther. Now the waste-land, now the silence; A blank dark wall, and behind it heaven.
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