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The Idylls of the King are poetry rather than prose, which automatically makes them a little bit dicier to navigate, since you have to deal more than usual with things like extended metaphors and sentences that have been twisted around to fit the meter or just for poetic effect.
Plus, the Idylls are pretty long. You’ve gotta have focus to get through them, although keep in mind that it’s okay to take them on one at a time. Also, we can be grateful that the Idylls, unlike some other Arthurian literature, like Le Morte d’Arthur or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, are in modern English—no weird spellings or out-of-date words.