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PART ONE
POETRY AND ITS CREATION |
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Section One. The Sources of Poetry
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Poetic Creation |
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Sources of Inspiration
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Overhead Poetry |
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Examples of Overhead Poetry |
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Section Two. The Poetry of the Spirit
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Psychic,
Mystic and Spiritual Poetry |
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Poet,
Yogi, Rishi, Prophet, Genius |
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The Poet and the Poem |
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Section Three. Poetic Technique
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Technique,
Inspiration, Artistry |
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Rhythm |
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English Metres |
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Greek and
Latin Classical Metres |
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Quantitative Metre in English and Bengali |
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Metrical
Experiments in Bengali |
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Rhyme |
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English Poetic Forms |
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Substance, Style,
Diction |
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Grades
of Perfection in Poetic Style |
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Examples of Grades of Perfection in Poetic Style |
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Section Four. Translation |
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Translation: Theory
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Translation: Practice |
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PART TWO
ON HIS OWN AND OTHERS’ POETRY
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Section One. On His Poetry and Poetic Method |
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Inspiration,
Effort, Development |
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Early Poetic
Influences |
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On Early
Translations and Poems |
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On Poems Published in Ahana and Other Poems |
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Metrical Experiments |
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On
Some Poems Written during the 1930s |
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On Savitri |
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Comments
on Some Remarks by a Critic |
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On the
Publication of His Poetry |
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Section Two. On Poets and Poetry |
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Great Poets of the
World |
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Remarks on
Individual Poets |
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Comments
on Some Examples of Western
Poetry (up to 1900) |
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Twentieth-Century
Poetry |
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Comments on Examples of Twentieth-Century Poetry |
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Indian Poetry in
English |
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Poets of the Ashram |
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Comments on the Work of Poets of the Ashram |
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Philosophers, Intellectuals, Novelists and Musicians |
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Comments on
Some Passages of Prose |
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Section Three. Practical Guidance for Aspiring Writers |
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Guidance in
Writing Poetry |
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Guidance in Writing
Prose |
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Remarks on
English Pronunciation |
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Remarks on English
Usage |
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Remarks on Bengali
Usage |
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PART THREE
LITERATURE, ART, BEAUTY AND YOGA |
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Section One.
Appreciation of Poetry and the Arts |
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Appreciation of Poetry |
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Appreciation of the Arts in General |
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Comparison of the Arts |
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Appreciation of Music |
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Section Two.
On the
Visual Arts
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General
Remarks on the Visual Arts |
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Problems of the
Painter |
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Painting in the Ashram |
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Section Three.
Beauty and Its Appreciation
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General Remarks on
Beauty |
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Appreciation of Beauty |
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Section Four.
Literature,
Art, Music
and the Practice
of Yoga
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Literature and Yoga |
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Painting,
Music, Dance and Yoga |
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APPENDIXES |
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Appendix I. The Problem of the Hexameter |
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Appendix II. An Answer to a Criticism |
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Appendix
III. Remarks on a Review |
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NOTE ON THE TEXTS |