You know, there are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them. I mean, so what if two roads go two ways in a wood? So what? Who cares if it made all that big a difference? What difference? And why should I have to guess what the difference is? Isn't that what he's supposed to say? Why can't poets just say what they want to say and then shut up? Gary D. Schmidt
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In this quote from John Lydon, the British punk rocker known as Johnny Rotten, he is making a clear statement about why poetry should not be studied in schools. Lydon believes that learning how to read poetry is a waste of time. He also believes that reading poetry can actually make a person less useful in the world. Lydon believes that the only people who should study poetry are poets and writers. The reason he believes this is because poetry is a very personal thing and should be left alone to be read by the people who write them.

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