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 Savitri

On the Verse and Structure of the Poem [7]

I suppose the name of the section finished yesterday is “Aswapati, Lord of the Horse” and not, as originally conceived,“The Yoga of the Lord of the Horse”?

No. The proposed title would have no connection with the text except the name of the man which is not relevant as yet. “The Yoga of the Lord of the Horse” covers a number of sections making the greater part of the first book,— it is not the title of one section only. This title is essential to the plan of the work. The subtitle “Ascent to Godhead” covers the two sections, the one just finished and the one now begun.

16 November 1936