He felt strongly about the relation of the poet to tradition and the creative process, and his best heroic play Aureng-zebe (1675) has a prologue which denounces the use of rhyme in serious drama.
Sentía profundamente a relación do poeta coa tradición e o proceso creativo, e a súa mellor obra heroica, Aureng-Zebe (1675) ten un prólogo que denuncia o uso da rima no drama serio.