As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for - and it must be said again - the birth of a poet is always a threat to the existing cultural order, because he attempts to break through the circle of literary castes to reach the center.

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Again Alarm Always Because Birth Break Center Circle Cultural Existing Expected He Literary Must Now Order Poet Reach Said Threat Through

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