Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Fragment ID: 20295

A lonely splendour from the invisible goal

Almost was flung on the opaque Inane.¹

No word will do except “invisible”. I don’t think there are too many “I’s” – in fact such multiplications of a vowel or consonant assonance or several together as well as syllabic assonances in a single line or occasionally between line-endings (e.g. face-fate) are an accepted feature of the technique in Savitri. Purposeful repetitions also, or those which serve as echoes or key notes in the theme.

1936

¹ P. 4.

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