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"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
Summary: Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "We Real Cool" is short, but it delivers a powerful message about dropping out of school. Through portraying the carefree lives and eventual tragic fates of seven dropouts, Brooks argues that dropping out of school and roaming the streets is not "cool," but rather it is a dead-end street.
we real cool gwendolyn brooks "We Real Cool" is a short, yet powerful poem by Gwendolyn Brooks that sends a life learning message to its reader. The message Brooks is trying to send is that dropping out of school and roaming the streets is in fact not "cool" but in actuality a dead end street.
Brooks conveys her message in an ironic manner, which is presented in the title of the poem. Before actually reading the 10 line poem the first thing that grabs the reader's attention is the title. After reading the title "We Real Cool" one would assume that the intent of the poem is going to be about a group of people who are fortunate and live a flamboyant lifestyle. This is not the case for the "seven players" in Brooks's poem. After reading the entire poem, the true meaning is revealed. "We Real Cool" focuses...
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