Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

CWSA 27

Fragment ID: 6938

Comments on Specific Lines and Passages of the Poem [54]

That clasped him in from day and night’s pursuit, [p. 289]

I do not realise what you mean by “stickiness”, since there are only two hard labials and some nasals; is it that combination which makes you feel sticky, or does the addition of some hard dentals also help? Anyhow, sticky or not, I am unwilling to change anything.

I do not want to put “day’s” and “night’s”; I find it heavy and unnecessary. It ought to be clear enough to the reader that “day and night” are here one double entity or two hounds in a leash pursuing a common prey.

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