Absalom : (c.1020 BC) favourite son of David, king of Israel & Judah; he revolted against his father & drove him into flight. Dryden made allegorical use of this story in his political satire “Absalom & Achitophel”.
... what is classed as satirical verse are not strictly satirical but have the tone of a more elevated kind of poetry and rise to a very high level of poetic beauty,—for instance Dryden's descriptions of Absalom and Achitophel as opposed to his brilliant assault on the second duke of Buckingham. Or can we say that apart Page 78 from this question of satire we can equal together the best from poetry ...
... 23. Nirodbaran, Talks with Sri Aurobindo, pp. 120-1 24. Purani, The Life, p. 63 25. Ibid., p. 64 26. Sri Aurobindo, Vol 3, pp. 130-31 27. Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel, 11. 156-8 28. Sri Aurobindo, Vol. 3, p. 81 29. Purani, The Life, p. 41 30. Sri Aurobindo, Vol. 1, p. 9 31. Ibid., p. 15 32. Ibid. ...
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