Glimpses of India Poetic, containing 21 essays, would furnish a valuable material on the subject. The essay 'A Survey of Sanskrit (Indian) poetic' provides the readers a wide panorama of the history of the subject of about one and half millennium. The definition of Poetry, of course, cannot be presented in well-knit, accurate and precise form. The essay 'The Soul (Essence)' of Poetry deals with the topic in much detail and dhvani has been designated as the soul of poetry.