I remember memorizing the whole Prelude to “Evangline” (Longfellow) in the seventh grade, but had no idea that the poem was about the Acadian Diaspora. (The French-Speaking Folks of Eastern Canada were forced out by the English, and many of them WALKED to French-Speaking New Orleans).
If I had understood who the poem was about back in the day, I would have appreciated it more, since these were my own ancestors.
I also knew “The Purple Cow”! :-)
That isn’t familiar to me - I’ll have to do some googling... thanks