Once upon a time, I ran into an Tenured Professor of English who taught me how to read poetry, for the first time, in my entire life.
Will point out that one morning, the professor was so insistent that I "get" Keat's "Ode to a Grecian Urn," that I missed my Amtrak for work. But I did not mind, as that was the exact instant in my entire life that I did finally "get" how to read poetry.
But you know, that education was exactly what I needed to fully join the western literature tradition.
Afterward.....
Then found this book, which has been a total feast of beautiful poetry. Not just full of poems, from throughout history, but also an excellent explanation, of what I have come to call the "architecture" of poetry.
I take it on every business trip and just dig into it every night, for reading one poem, then it is light's out........I Love it, it's the best.
And your know, every day I read a poem out of this book, I quietly thank that English Professor, who is not part of my life anymore, for connecting me with an important and necessary part of life.
Get the book, and learn to read poetry. It will improve your life in ways that you do not expect.