Not General Kowledge

Of Irish literature he does not know much though he has read the works of the Irish literary greats
He does think that the National Bard of Ireland was that famous person William Butler Yeats
But as we know the National Bard of Ireland is one James Clarence Mangan by name
One long deceased before Yeats was born his poems live on to his enduring fame
He does not know that much of Irish Literature if on Ireland's National Bard he has it wrong
I did not even bother to correct him since such common knowledge to most does belong
One than me who was far more educated since he could boast of a literary degree
And i could only wish him well in parting since him i'm never more likely to see
That education is not general knowledge is something i have come to realize
That he did not know the National Bard of Ireland did come to me as quite a big surprise
Our conversation it was not a  long one and him i'm never more likely to meet
The educated man i met this morning whilst walking to the shops along the street
Yet he did not know the National Bard of Ireland though he did have a literary degree
That education is not general knowledge is how it seems to ordinary me.