Apart from the title, why does the speaker avoid mentioning Don Mattera in For Don M?

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Apart from the title, why does the speaker avoid mentioning Don Mattera in  For Don M ?

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To avoid censorship by the apartheid regime, which banned provocative poetry.

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It allows the poem to be universal, and to resonate with all people suffering under apartheid.

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He does not think anybody will know who Don Mattera is.

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He does not think that poets or artists who were banned should be idolised.

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