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Fiction and Truth.
"What is the purpose of poetry's art?"
By and by I shall tell you.
First of reality, friend,
tell me the purpose and use.
Poet, Erdichtung und Wahrheit.
Wozu nützt denn die ganze Erdichtung?[22]
Ich will es dir sagen,
Leser, sagst du mir erst,
wozu die Wirklichkeit nützt.
