there was once a young man who was studying to be a poet . he wanted to become one by easter , and to marry , and to live by poetry . to write poems , he knew , only consists in being able to invent something . but he could not invent anything . he had been born too late -- everything had been taken up before he came into the world , and everything had been written and told about .
he had been born too late - everything had been taken up before he came into the world , and everything had been written and told about .
why did the young man believe that he could not invent anything ?
why did the young man believe that he could not invent anything ?