Song and Poem

Once I asked Sri Aurobindo if song and poetry were akin to each other. This was his answer: "No, a song is not a kind of poem; or need not be. There are some very good songs which are not poems at all. In Europe, song-writers or the writers of the librettos of the great operas are not classed among poets. In Asia the attempt to combine song-quality with poetic value has been more common, but