We Real Cool
by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Pool Players.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
Part 1:
ReplyDeleteThe voice of this poem is one of the "Pool Players" and is addressing people who want to know what they do. There is no specified setting in this poem. The mood of this poem is "cool" where people try to be cool by saying "We left school. We lurk late" and "We sing sin. We thin gin." (Brooks). This poem uses the literary device repetition, repeating the word "We" in almost every line to show that it is not one person doing these things but a group of people.
Part 2:
This poem is called "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks. This poem is about a group of people called "The Pool Players" who dropped out of school to seem cool. They act like a gang and are going to die soon. The mood of this poem seems to be free, since it describes the fun that the teens in the poem are having. The tone of this poem is upbeat, describing the activities the teens do like singing, drinking, and playing pool. The theme of this poem is lack of identity, since the word "we" is repeated, it shows that the teens have a group identity instead of singular identities. This poem is generally about having fun while still having a personal identity.
Part 3:
This poem, to me, is a fun poem. It is about simply having fun with friends. Saying "Seven at the Golden Shovel" shows that it is a group of people and they are enjoying their time together. The one thing that I wonder about this poem is, "How old are these boys?"