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What is the central idea of “Burning a Book” by William Stafford?

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In his poem "Burning a Book," Stafford challenges the idea that every book ever published is sacred and worth preserving. The poem, to provide a context, is based on his own experience of burning a book he found both alluring and "misleading
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