Investigative poetry reading

Everyone has a reason for picking the poem they choose to read, it could be because it stirs a memory, or it simply looks interesting, but we never truly chose a poem or work of writing that just doesn't appeal to us. I probably read through this list of poems 6 times till I started actually paying attention to the titles, then I was like Hey! 1943 that's world war 2 ! that's my favorite topic in history, OK I will choose that one. I started reading and noticed things I wasn't familiar with so I looked into the back ground of this poem and did some research on some of the named people and places. Choosing to do the antecedent scenario and really diving into the history of the people and places of WW2 was so much fun for me just because I really love this war. I thought it was cool that Ed Monahan was a real person and that he was a skilled fighter and he was a very decorated war hero, or that Tarawa was a true place and what the third wave meant. The antecedent scenario gave me a backstage tour of the poem, helping me understand the feelings and emotions the author is trying to expose us to as we read "1943".