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If a man would seek for the symbol of the poet, he need not look farther than "The Arabian Nights' Tales. " Scherezade who interprets the stories for the Sultan -- Scherezade is the poet, and the Sultan is the public who is to be agreeably entertained, or else he will decapitate Scherezade.
Powerful Sultan! Poor Scherezade!