Michael Rosen @ the Guardian.

From the interview:

What's the greatest threat to poetry today?

Comprehension questions in schools. Kids don't get the chance to get up and perform poetry, and enjoy it, because they're too busy counting adjectives and spotting metaphors.

Has poetry not always been taught like that?  (I'm asking seriously, not sarcastically.  I really would like to know.  I don't know anything about the history of poetry education.)