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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.
First of all, I am not really sure about "The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel." these two sentences. I am not sure to do they count as part of the title or not. However, I am sure that they are not part of the poem. So, there are four stanzas, eight lines, and eight sentences. There is definitely an end rhyme for this poem which is the repetition of the word "we" at the end of each line except the last line. Additionally, in between each stanza there are internal rhymes: first stanza---"cool" "school," second stanza---" late" "straight," third stanza---" sin" "gin," and last stanza---"June" "soon." These rhymes are really close to each other, every two sentences have one word repeated and one-word rhyme, but there are only three words in one sentence. In this way, the poem sounds really tight and knit. Although it is short, but the repetition and the internal rhymes saved the poem from being boring and monotony to readers. In addition, the words are all monosyllables which are the words that only have one syllable. The monosyllables made the poem sound more clean, and each word is very clear. About the lines, each line except the last one are all examples of enjambment; the sentence did not finish at the end of the each line, it carries on to the next one. About the repetition of the word "we," at the end of each line, I think the poet wants readers to really put themselves into the poem and think as the poet thinks, also the poet is drag readers' attention by using that repeated "we." Also, this poem sound really oral, spoken English, not like a serious literature poetry, this is a really good experience for readers to enjoy the literature piece as a verbally spoken English.
What does this poem mean? This is a pretty hard question for me, and now I am writing this assignment with all my guess. First of all, I think I figure out that "The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel." these two lines are just for readers to identify who the narrators are, what time and where this "event" takes place. From the first two lines, I think it is a poem for teenagers or young people who are "cool" and have some kind of "rebellious behavior". To be honest, I do not really know about the poet and her story or background about this poem, so everything I write here are all guesses. This poem has describe some teenagers' life of escaping the school, the education, and taking risks, advantures, and being high. For example, "lruk late" is an illegal thing for teenagers to do, the end of "lurk late" is end up be in trouble. Which is also a symble of wasting time and their own lives, there is a famous saying from China "Wasting time is equals to conspire to kill and rob." I am confused about the "sing sin" part, is the poet tring to say the "pool players" are singing the sin that they born with or they are singing against the religious sin in general? The "Jazz June" seems like to be a highlight of the poem, not only because it is near the end, but also because it is the last thing "we did befor we die." My interpretation is that Jazz itself is energetic and abstract, plus it is in June which is summer which makes the Jazz much more "brave" and gives people spunk to do whatever they want, include death.
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.
First of all, I am not really sure about "The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel." these two sentences. I am not sure to do they count as part of the title or not. However, I am sure that they are not part of the poem. So, there are four stanzas, eight lines, and eight sentences. There is definitely an end rhyme for this poem which is the repetition of the word "we" at the end of each line except the last line. Additionally, in between each stanza there are internal rhymes: first stanza---"cool" "school," second stanza---" late" "straight," third stanza---" sin" "gin," and last stanza---"June" "soon." These rhymes are really close to each other, every two sentences have one word repeated and one-word rhyme, but there are only three words in one sentence. In this way, the poem sounds really tight and knit. Although it is short, but the repetition and the internal rhymes saved the poem from being boring and monotony to readers. In addition, the words are all monosyllables which are the words that only have one syllable. The monosyllables made the poem sound more clean, and each word is very clear. About the lines, each line except the last one are all examples of enjambment; the sentence did not finish at the end of the each line, it carries on to the next one. About the repetition of the word "we," at the end of each line, I think the poet wants readers to really put themselves into the poem and think as the poet thinks, also the poet is drag readers' attention by using that repeated "we." Also, this poem sound really oral, spoken English, not like a serious literature poetry, this is a really good experience for readers to enjoy the literature piece as a verbally spoken English.
What does this poem mean? This is a pretty hard question for me, and now I am writing this assignment with all my guess. First of all, I think I figure out that "The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel." these two lines are just for readers to identify who the narrators are, what time and where this "event" takes place. From the first two lines, I think it is a poem for teenagers or young people who are "cool" and have some kind of "rebellious behavior". To be honest, I do not really know about the poet and her story or background about this poem, so everything I write here are all guesses. This poem has describe some teenagers' life of escaping the school, the education, and taking risks, advantures, and being high. For example, "lruk late" is an illegal thing for teenagers to do, the end of "lurk late" is end up be in trouble. Which is also a symble of wasting time and their own lives, there is a famous saying from China "Wasting time is equals to conspire to kill and rob." I am confused about the "sing sin" part, is the poet tring to say the "pool players" are singing the sin that they born with or they are singing against the religious sin in general? The "Jazz June" seems like to be a highlight of the poem, not only because it is near the end, but also because it is the last thing "we did befor we die." My interpretation is that Jazz itself is energetic and abstract, plus it is in June which is summer which makes the Jazz much more "brave" and gives people spunk to do whatever they want, include death.
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