Metrophobia, or fear of poetry is surprisingly common. Many people first develop this phobia in school, when overzealous teachers encourage them to rank poems according to artificial scales, break them down, and search for esoteric meanings. Others simply feel that poetry is somehow "beyond" them, belonging only to the realm of the pretentious and highly educated.

Metrophobia can take several forms. Some suffer fear all poetry, while others fear poems that deal with the specific subject matter or are written in a specific style. If poetry was something that stressed you out in grade school, then as an adult in college any contact with poetry or poetic readings can cause panic and anxiety.

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