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What did Friedrich Hölderlin do in Friedrich Hölderlin's career?
Holderlin found no satisfaction in the prevailing Protestant theology, and worked instead as a private tutor.
What studies did he tutor?
CANNOTANSWER.
Did he continue at the monastery or move on to something else?
CANNOTANSWER.
Did he switch careers?
attempting to establish himself as a poet.

Question: How did that go?
Self-contained rewrite: How did establishing himself as a poet go for Friedrich Hölderlin?