When I was in high school our English teacher assigned us to read Beowulf. If I ever get insomnia I will get that and Ivanhoe. Both of those could put me to sleep while I was walking down the hall. I had to get the cliff notes on both of them because I was sleeping all the time trying to read them. Of course Shakespeare does the same thing. It needs more car chases and explosions.
Maybe as an adult I could enjoy them more, but as a teenager that were crushingly boring.