The difficulty of poetry in their native languages

[Mr.lucifer]

I was wonder how hard it would be learn another language just for poetry?

[YesNo]

I like learning a foreign language to understand the lyrics in popular music. Some would argue that those lyrics aren't poetry, but that's a different issue that has been debated elsewhere.

[Eiseabhal]

Try it. It is not an answer anyone else can give you.

[MementoMori]

Poetry employs the subtleties and nuances of language. I'd imagine the level of proficiency required to not just read but to understand and appreciate poetry is quite high. On top of that, a lot of the poetry worth reading would be written in an archaic form of the language. Shakespeare or Milton's syntax and diction is hard to get used to for a native English speaker, imagine how difficult their foreign equivalents would be to read if you weren't a life-long speaker of the language.

I'm not trying to dissuade you, though. You should go for it if you want to, but it will take time and effort to see results.

[MorpheusSandman]

It takes time and dedication to learn any language regardless of one's purpose, but probably more so for the best poets. I'm sure it's more difficult to learn Latin just to read Virgil than it would be to learn French just to talk to a random French person.