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-17_Substance, Style, Diction.htm

Substance, Style, Diction   Form and Substance   On the general question [of rhythm vs. substance] the truth seems to me to be very simple….

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-67_Note on the Texts.htm

  Note on the Texts     Note on the Texts   LETTERS ON POETRY AND ART includes most of the letters on poetry, literature,…

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-50_Remarks on English Pronunciation.htm

Remarks on English Pronunciation   Monosyllables and Dissyllables   I wonder why you find fault with the rhythm of “A vision whose God-delight embraces all.”…

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-02_Sources of Inspiration.htm

Sources of Inspiration   Sources of Inspiration and Variety   If there were not different sources of inspiration, every poet would write the same thing…

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-59_Painting in the Ashram.htm

Painting in the Ashram   A General Remark   What you write about the expression of beauty through painting and the limitations of the work…

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-11_English Metres.htm

English Metres   Octosyllabic Metre   The regular octosyllabic metre is at once the easiest to write and the most difficult to justify by a…

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-57_General Remarks on the Visual Arts.htm

Section Two   On the Visual Arts         General Remarks on the Visual Arts   Art and Nature   There is no…

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-28_On Savitri.htm

On Savitri   On the Composition of the Poem Letters of 1931 ­ 1936   You once quoted to me two lines written by yourself:…

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-60_General Remarks on Beauty.htm

Section Three   Beauty and Its Appreciation       General Remarks on Beauty   Beauty   Beauty is the way in which the physical…

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-40_Poets of the Ashram.htm

Poets of the Ashram   Some General Remarks   I fear I don’t approve of any article on the “Ashram poets” ―least of all a…

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