Gwendolyn Brooks was an American author‚ poet and teacher. Her works reflected and were based off of struggles and celebrations of individuals in her community. One of her poems‚ We Real Cool‚ is quite short but has much substance. Although it was written in 1959‚ some can say that this poem can also be set in the Prohibition Era. The poem lines‚ “We real cool. We / Left school. We / Lurk late‚” the narrator is saying how cool they are and also shows some type of excitement are because they are in
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22‚ 2012 The poem “We Real Cool” was written in the 1960’s by the poet Gwendolyn Brooks. This poem illustrates the quintessence of seven troubled adolescents who will eventually succumb to the unfortunate likelihood that life can render a young Africa American male living the life in the fast lane during that era. “We Real Cool” is an interpretation of a group of young men Gwendolyn saw in a pool hall. She stated that “I wondered how they felt about themselves‚ and I decided
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Text Response 3 The poem “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks describes the frailty of life from the point of view of a few guys playing pool. They know that the choices they make will affect them in far greater ways in the future‚ yet they still wish to do what they do because life will end no matter what.. For some inconsequential reason the guys continue to “[l]urk late… [s]ing sin… [t]hin gin… [and j]azz June” (Brooks 3-7). They know that what they are doing is wrong‚ because of the fact that
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The poem We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks focuses on what activities the troubled group of seven teenagers partake in to make them appeal cool. The symbolism‚ imagery and tone shown in‚ “We Real Cool” shows how losing one’s identity to become part of a uncaring group in adolescence and social norms will lead one to an early visit to the grave. Gwendolyn uses symbolism throughout her poem to get the readers to perceive the poem in an abstract way. In the subtitle‚ the word “golden” symbolises daytime
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in will lead too their death. In " We Real Cool "‚ Gwendolyn Brooks uses denotation and sound devices to suggest that‚ although some African - Americans may often think of themselves as being cool for dropping out of school‚ they know in truth that dropping out will give them time
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When regarding Romaine Brooks‚ born Beatrice Romaine Goddard‚ I feel she was born at the wrong time. Even in the 1970’s era‚ if Brooks was active in this period‚ she would get a lot of backlash from the LGB (which is was called)‚ transgender and crossdressing was considered as a sick or a mental issue. Even well into the middles 1990’s‚ it was still called LGB instead of the now LGBT‚ or now LGBT ”I” (Intersex) However‚ I found this very interesting‚ a group called SGL ("same gender loving") is a
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Joshua Smith Jane Focht-Hansen ENGL 2342-002 Sunday‚ March 02‚ 2014 New Criticism of “the mother” “the mother” is a challenging poem to analyze thanks to its highly conflicted narrator. Ostensibly‚ the narrator starts out purposing to tell her audience about the traumatic experience of having an abortion‚ while trying to avoid delving into the morality of her choice. However‚ the poem quickly goes past discussing just the emotional fallout‚ and the narrator begins to address herself
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Phil Brooks[4] (born October 26‚ 1978)‚ better known by his ring name CM Punk‚ is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) brand where he is the reigning ECW Champion. Punk initially came to prominence through his career on the professional wrestling independent circuit‚ primarily as a member of the Ring of Honor (ROH) roster where he was an ROH Tag Team Champion‚ ROH World Champion‚ and the first head
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Although it is not included here‚ I am familiar with the work of Gwendolyn Brooks. The poem is just eight lines‚ but it tells of the gang’s whole lives. There are many instances of end rhyme and internal thyme‚ sin/gin‚ cool/school‚ as well as the repetitive we. The poem suggests the closeness of the group. The tone is that of resistance of an uncompromising gang. Lurk late‚ left school‚ strike straight‚ sing sin‚ and thin gin are all examples of this. There is a mix of long and short vowels
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their objections and judgments‚ opening a room to rethink and explore on the subject. Using two poet’s works as comparison‚ we can see how prosody can be represented in the text. Using selected poems by these two writers‚ Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks‚ also helps us in determining how significant prosody in the completeness of the poems. Born in 1902‚ Langston Hughes was raised mainly by his maternal grandmother‚ who was also a great influence in his life. Though he has also lived with each
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