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Jean-Paul Sartre

Every age has its own poetry in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Each period in history highlights a particular group of people who are inspired or forced by their unique challenges to express their experiences through poetry. This means that poetry is shaped by the specific social and historical context of the time, reflecting the struggles or achievements of those chosen by those circumstances.

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