I didn't do much Pascoli, my teachers preferred more progressive poets like Montale (so depressing, lol) and Neruda. We did Carducci though (because you kinda h

I didn't do much Pascoli, my teachers preferred more progressive poets like Montale (so depressing, lol) and Neruda. We did Carducci though (because you kinda have to in Bologna), Leopardi, Ungaretti (loads), and the old goliardi stuff - as well as the inevitable Dante. And then in English classes we were drowning in Romantic stuff. I didn't really enjoy it much, although I did try my hand at writing poetry - as any self-respecting 15-yo should. I do think it's disappointing that poetry doesn't find much space in modern media - which is the fault of modern poets as much as anyone though, a lot of contemporary material is boring and/or unreadable.