I read a buttload of Goethe in high school in Germany, we were always rolling our eyes when every year we'd go through another one of his plays or poems. Admitt

I read a buttload of Goethe in high school in Germany, we were always rolling our eyes when every year we'd go through another one of his plays or poems. Admittedly, a lot of his stuff is quite good though. I really like "Die Wahlverwandschaften" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elective_Affinities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elective_Affinities), it sounds dry if you read the summary but quite an entertaining read. I don't know how good the translation is. I don't really get poetry in general but somehow in song form it works really well. I LOVE a lot of the songs from the 19th century, somehow the overwrought lyrics are perfect in that form.