If the poet's selfhood is the subject of poetry, originality springs from:

Explanation

Bloom ties originality to the psyche's need for self-recognition.

Note: Passage I, by Harold Bloom on the uses of poetry, is copyrighted and not reproduced. Bloom asks what use poetry can have when its true subject is the poet's own selfhood. The traditional use was instruction through delight, pleasure being the fulfilment of expectations shaped by past joys. A poetry of the self serves instead the psyche's need for self-recognition, from which originality springs.