/lit/ - Literature

>>9845118
I dont think there is a definitive "getting" of poetry (or any art ftm)

I think people use/ like it for different reasons. I read poetry originally because i liked the sounds of the words (Keats particularly) and usually left interpretation to the end/side. Some people are the opposite, some like it because they are obsessed with communication and language. Poets like Hoelderlin or Stevens let you refine (and rethink) thought with their poems

So there isn't any pressure. Unless you're an english major in which case the "getting" is the syllabus :)