Sri Aurobindo

Letters on Poetry and Art

SABCL - Volume 27

Part 2. On His Own and Others’ Poetry
Section 1. On His Poetry and Poetic Method
On Some Poems Written during the 1930s

Replies to Questions on Trance [1]

Were Trance and the Bird of Fire each composed at a single sitting and can the date be given?

The Bird of Fire was written on two consecutive days — and afterwards revised. The Trance at one sitting — it took only a few minutes. You may perhaps have the date as they were both completed on the same day and sent to you the next.