Does Sri Aurobindo’s Poetry Stand the Test of Critics and Time?

“I was a poet and a politician, not a philosopher!” Sri
Aurobindo said. (Sri Aurobindo to Dilip. Ed. Sujata Nahar and Shankar
Bandopadhyay. Pune and Mysore; SariKrishna Mandir Trust and Mira
Aditi. V-2.p.100)

     Whereas the poet claims himself to
be a poet contributing so much in poetry, above 50000 lines, experimenting in
various metres including those of the other languages like