Letters on Poetry and Art
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Letters on Poetry and Art
PART ONE: POETRY AND ITS CREATION
Section One. The Sources of Poetry
Poetic Creation 5 
Sources of Inspiration 14
Overhead Poetry 20
Examples of Overhead Poetry 50
Section Two. The Poetry of the Spirit
Psychic, Mystic and Spiritual Poetry 83
Poet, Yogi, Rishi, Prophet, Genius 102
The Poet and the Poem 106
Section Three. Poetic Technique
Technique, Inspiration, Artistry 117
Rhythm 124
English Metres 128
Greek and Latin Classical Metres 137
Quantitative Metre in English and Bengali 141
Metrical Experiments in Bengali 145
Rhyme 155
English Poetic Forms 157
Substance, Style, Diction 164
Grades of Perfection in Poetic Style 185
Examples of Grades of Perfection in Poetic Style 188
Section Four. Translation
Translation: Theory 199
Translation: Practice 201
PART TWO: ON HIS OWN AND OTHERS’ POETRY
Section One. On His Poetry and Poetic Method
Inspiration, Effort, Development 211
Early Poetic Influences 219
On Early Translations and Poems 223
On Poems Published in Ahana and Other Poems 227
Metrical Experiments 231
On Some Poems Written during the 1930s 239
On Savitri 261
Comments on Some Remarks by a Critic 332
On the Publication of His Poetry 359
Section Two. On Poets and Poetry
Great Poets of the World 367 Remarks on Individual Poets 372 Comments on Some Examples of Western Poetry (up to 1900) 387 Twentieth-Century Poetry 412 Comments on Examples of Twentieth-Century Poetry 430 Indian Poetry in English 442 Poets of the Ashram 453 Comments on the Work of Poets of the Ashram 467 Philosophers, Intellectuals, Novelists and Musicians 519 Comments on Some Passages of Prose 554
Section Three. Practical Guidance for Aspiring Writers
Guidance in Writing Poetry 567 Guidance in Writing Prose 627 Remarks on English Pronunciation 629 Remarks on English Usage 640 Remarks on Bengali Usage 656
PART THREE: LITERATURE, ART, BEAUTY AND YOGA
Section One. Appreciation of Poetry and the Arts
Appreciation of Poetry 663 Appreciation of the Arts in General 675 Comparison of the Arts 678 Appreciation of Music 682
Section Two. On the Visual Arts
General Remarks on the Visual Arts 685 Problems of the Painter 687 Painting in the Ashram 692
Section Three. Beauty and Its Appreciation
General Remarks on Beauty 699 Appreciation of Beauty 705
Section Four. Literature, Art, Music and the Practice of Yoga
Literature and Yoga 711 Painting, Music, Dance and Yoga 733
APPENDIXES
Appendix I. The Problem of the Hexameter 743 Appendix II. An Answer to a Criticism 745 Appendix III. Remarks on a Review 749
Notes are paraphrased from the “Publisher's Note” and “Note on the Texts”.
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