Sri Aurobindo

Letters on Poetry and Art

SABCL - Volume 27

Part 2. On His Own and Others’ Poetry
Section 3. Practical Guidance for Aspiring Writers
Guidance in Writing Poetry

Sri Aurobindo’s Comments on Poetry Written Outside the Ashram [2]

I hope Dilip is not sending Kshitish Sen my adverse criticism of his translation — it was not meant for him. I do not like to discourage people uselessly,— that is to say, where I cannot show them how to do better; where I cannot encourage, I prefer to say nothing. For the rest (omitting the sentence about rhetorical flatness) he can do as he likes.

19 November 1930