Australian interested in Shakespeare, poetry, classics

I've been a non-fiction reader until recently. I didn't understand why so many hours should be spent reading novels, plays etc. when those hours could be used learning facts to increase one's knowledge of the world, eg. a history book of World War 2. I gamed English at school by just reading many study guides without reading the actual text and I did quite well.

I became interested in theology and Christopher Hitchens' writings fascinated me. He brought fictional characters and novelists into all of his debates and arguments, which was a new and interesting way to make an statement. That kindled my interest in the use of literature.

I read Macbeth one day, long after graduating, and was fascinated by Shakespeare's use of language. I've wanted to understand Shakespeare since then. I rushed through a few of Shakespeare's plays but got nothing out of them, so now I'm trying to read the plays slower and reading study guides BEFOREHAND so that I actually know what's going on in the difficult texts.

Recently I became interested in poetry and am trying to memorise them before moving on to another one. I've memorised 100 lines from Rime of the Ancient Mariner and hoping that within half a year I'll memorise the rest!

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Australian interested in Shakespeare, poetry, classics