For those who have learned a second language, has it changed your experience of literature in general?

I sometimes imagine if I ever, finally, learn a second language, it might re-ignite some of my earlier interest in poetry. Not that that would be a prime motivation for me to learn another language.

I'm wondering what those of you who have learned a second language (or more than one non-native language) have experienced in this regard. How has your sensitivity to literature in English (or whatever your mother tongue is)? I'd especially be interested in hearing from people who mastered a second language in their 20s or later.

Just thinking about it seems to be making my syntax awkward.

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That's OK. We'll just crumple this thread up and toss it in the overflowing wastebasket beside the desk.