We Real Cool

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I decided to read the poem "We Real Cool" written by Gwendolyn Brooks. This poem is from the perspective of seven pool players, about the first life and the dying young people. At first, they seemed satisfied with the alternative lifestyle they outlined in the whole poem, but this provocative mood suddenly ended in the last line. It is a year. The title of this poem is "Pool player, seven golden shovels". This title shows that the poem is a group of seven pool players. "Golden shovel" can be the name of the place (such as a pub or a casino) or the name of the club where they swam. It seems to be symbolic, since they "buried my problem with gold shovels", but their problems can not be buried forever. It also urges the reader to read the last line of the poem. The shovel is used to dig a grave and the last line is "I will die soon".

The story of this poem is from the perspective of a group of young people who decided not to go to school. I think they are really cool. It is also written in dialects that look like "street children", and grammar is deliberate, trying to imitate a group of people. The next line is "We are late, we attack directly". This shows that the behavior of these children is primarily negative. Amazingly, as they are pool players, it is about talking about shooting and hitting the pool queue. But the other meaning of the word "strike" is whether it is current crime or future violence or violence and even these children may be at risk.