3. Prof. Sukla Basu,a revered analyst of Dutt’s poetry in a
recent Seminar in Santiniketan stoutly defended
Madhusudan’s position that European thinking formed
Dutt the Bengali poet, but the sense and substance of
that formidable oeuvre remained Indian to the core,
even where in the Chaturdaspadi, Dutt was making use
of the Italian sonnet form to excavate his own poetic
persona.-Sukla Basu (Sen)
NB. Prof. Sukla Basu (Sen) teaches English at the
Department of English and Other Modern European
Languages, Visva- Bharati, Santiniketan.

5. ‘You may take my word for it, friend Raj, I shall
come out like a tremendous comet and no mistake,’
wrote Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824-73) to his
friend Rajnarayan Basu in July 1861.
The appearance of Michael Madhusudan Dutt (i.e.
Datta) in Bengali literature was indeed not unlike that
of a striking comet.

16.  Madhusudan’s Tomb.

18.  Samuel Taylor Coleridge
 1772-1834
 S.T. Coleridge was buried in the aisle of St. Michael's
Church, Highgate, London, England. He was
originally buried at Old Highgate Chapel but was
re-interred in St. Michael's Church in 1961.
'Stop, Christian Passer-by! - Stop, child of God,
And read with gentle breast. Beneath this sod
A poet lies, or that which once seem'd he. -
O, lift one thought in prayer for S.T.C.;
That he who many a year with toil of breath
Found death in life, may here find life in death!
Mercy for praise - to be forgiven for fame
He ask'd for praise - to be forgiven for fame
He ask'd, and hoped, through Christ.
Do thou the same!‘
Link: http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/coleridge.htm
Dutt was largely ignored for 15 years after his
death. The belated tribute was a tomb
erected at his gravesite.
His epitaph, a verse of his own, reads:
 “Stop a while, traveller!
Should Mother Bengal claim thee for her
son.
As a child takes repose on his mother's
elysian lap,
Even so here in the Long Home,
On the bosom of the earth,
Enjoys the sweet eternal sleep
Poet Madhusudan of the Duttas.
 Link. "A poet of epic proportions". THe Daily
Star. Retrieved 23 July 2012. &
www.wikipedea.org