Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
鈥楽CORN NOT THE SONNET鈥�
R.M. Challa
No, not the ice that scorches the skin, nor the sun that cools the blood, not even the flower that breaks the bones-such images as are the source of modern poetry鈥檚 proud power - the sane sweet sonnet of old needs to sing! Plain speaking and high thinking set the tone for the Sonnet wherein sense is everything.
Yes, the sounds-sense continuum is its lone splendour, even as its letter and spirit fuse life mortal and love immortal within the sublimation of the soulful muse thriving on its emotion genuine...
Oh worthy Wordsworth, we know your words, worth: 鈥楽corn not the sonnet鈥�, hail its deathless birth!