A "swerve" away from the precursor, implying the original poem went wrong at a specific point.

Writing is a competitive struggle for imaginative survival.

Bloom argues that "great" writing is born from a writer's fear that they have nothing original to say. This creates a "Freudian" struggle between the (the established master) and the Ephebe (the new poet).

The final stage where the new poet’s work is so strong it makes the precursor’s work sound like it was influenced by the new writer. ⚡ Key Takeaways

Accessing a power or "daimon" that supposedly predates the precursor, bypassing them entirely.