Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
CWSA 27
Fragment ID: 7321
Lyric, Narrative, Epic [5]
How may I learn the epic style of blank verse?
I suppose it is best done by reading the epic writers until you get the epic rush or sweep.
Is it too early for me to learn it?
Epic writing needs a sustained energy of rhythm and word which is not easy to get or maintain. I am not sure whether you can get it now. I think you would first have to practise maintaining the level of the more energetic among the lines you have been writing.
3 May 1937