Essays Tagged: "We Real Cool"

Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks- A Critical Analysis of Her Work Gwendolyn Brooks is the female poet who has been mo ... erican to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize; she was considered one of America's most distinguished poets well before the age of fifty. Known for her technical artistry, she has succeeded in forms as dispar ... / Tin flatware. Chipware is Brooks's own term, which originates from flatware. "Dinnerware" implies wealth and elegance, while chipware implies aged dishes used by the poor. Yet, chipware also calls u ...

(4 pages) 42 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

We Real Cool

?We Real Cool? Poetry Essay Assignment 5. Analyze a poem using a structure that will include a paraph ... l include a paraphrase of the poem, interpretation of the poem, and the theme of the poem.Professor We Real Cool The Pool Players.Seven at the Golden Shovel.We Real Cool. We Left school. We Lurk Late. ... 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. (Brooks 782) ?We Real Cool? was written by Gwen ...

(2 pages) 61 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Thoughts On High School

?We real cool? and ?The Coora Flower? are two poems that talk about high school and their feelings an ... f imagery, tone and the speakers of the poems shows us how different the poems are. The words that Gwendolyn Brooks uses are there for a purpose and to make a point.The use of imagery in the two poems ... wo poems tells a lot about the characters and their feelings toward school and life in general. In ?We Real Cool? she uses the word lurk to give you an idea of what the kids she is talking about are l ...

(3 pages) 2150 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Critical Essay on We Real Cool

Cochran � PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT �1� We Real CoolJoe Sarnowski's article, "Critical Essay on We Real Cool", offers an interesting viewpoi ... ders align themselves on a certain side of a poem that features issues, and in particular the poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brookes. He goes on to explain that "while there is one poem, we can see ... see that it has two opposing views" (para. 1) and that "the poem can be used as a dividing point between these two sides" (para. 1). The viewpoint for this poem is established in the beginning where i ...

(2 pages) 2 0 0.0 Dec/2012

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Not so cool

Tashi BrownENC1141 (181032)Poetry AnalysisNot So CoolWhen we turn on the news there is always a shooting or a killing in most cases it is our young men. They ... ted. The people of America are becoming less emotionally to these deaths and I believe that is why Gwendolyn Brooks wrote this poem. In the poem, "We Real Cool" author Gwendolyn Brooks points this out ... ing to get across is that if you do not play by the rules then your life will not be long.The poem "We Real Cool," starts by saying, "The Pool Players. Seven at The Golden Shovel." It is seven friend ...

(3 pages) 0 0 0.0 Apr/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry