Gwendolyn Brooks “We Are Cool”

Introduction

Gwendolyn Brooks born in Topeka in Kansas, his parents were Keziah Wims Brooks and David Anderson Brooks, Keziah was a former teacher who had quit his job after the marriage and pregnancy, while her father, the son of a slave fugitive who fought in the Civil War, had declined to attend medical school and became a janitor. Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in Chicago, where his family moved when she was six years old. Gwendolyn Brooks takes his mirror and sample. Reflected in his poems, stories and feelings, without knowing it, you always have company. Gwendolyn Brooks takes his old gramophone and turns your crank.

We real cool brooks Gwendolyn "We Real Cool" is a short but powerful poem by Gwendolyn Brooks, who sends a message of his life teaching the reader. Brooks is trying to send a message that dropping out of school and roaming the streets is not really "cool", but in reality, dead end street.

Gwendolyn Brooks attempts to express the irony of certain cool actions and decisions to be taken. The audience tuned into many of the poet's personal opinions in “We Real Cool” as Brooks tells the tale of a pool player's lifestyle, and this lifestyle is the shortcomings. The theme of “We Real Cool” is that although certain decisions may yield a moment of satisfaction, in the end wisdom and longevity are what create a carefree individual (McDonald, 2007, 15-98).

Discussion and Analysis

Brooks conveys its message in the peculiar manner, which was present in the title of the poem. Before actually reading the poem in 1910, the first things that grabs the attention of the reader's title. After reading the title, "We Real Cool" could be assuming that the purpose of the poem is about a group of people who live a happy and vibrant life. This does not apply to "7 players" in the poem Brooks. After reading the whole poem, the true meaning is reveal. "We Real Cool" dedicated to life "7 players, who dropped out of school. Their daily life is carefree and consists of pool play, use of alcohol and the use of vulgar language. Brooks explains that it is "cool" lifestyle only leads to death.

The poet's use of rhyme is another large factor in the poems success. Theme using patterned repetition. By repeating such phrases, Brooks pounds into the reader the idea that such actions certainly are not cool. Although ...