Analysis of "We Real Cool" by Savannah Hodson https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2 Poetry en-us 2017-04-25 14:54:41 UTC 2025-12-24 02:22:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pizza.png Author shodson https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168134234 Gwendolyn Brooks]]> 2017-04-25 15:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168134234 When was it published? shodson https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168134644 1960]]> 2017-04-25 15:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168134644 Why was it published? shodson https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168134815 Gwendolyn was walking through Chicago when she saw a group of boys in a pool hall. She noticed that the boys were to young to be there. And she wrote "We Real Cool" because of how interested she was in the boys boldness and insecurity.]]> 2017-04-25 15:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168134815 About shodson https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168152677 The poem is about a group of young boys who are skipping school to go to a pool hall. And they do this to seem cool, but Gwendolyn thinks that is dangerous and not cool.]]> 2017-04-25 16:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168152677 Quotes from the poem. shodson https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168154980 "We real cool. We Left school."
This shows that they think that it was real cool to leave school to go to a pool hall.

"We Die soon."
This seems to be more of what Gwendolyn is saying rather than the boys in the pool hall. And it shows that Gwendolyn thinks that they will have a bad education or get into trouble and get killed because of it.]]> 2017-04-25 16:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168154980 Poetic Tools shodson https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168158628 -enjambment
-alliteration
-repetition
-rhyme scheme]]> 2017-04-25 16:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168158628 Quotes with poetic tools. shodson https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168159267 "We real cool. We Left school. We

Lurk late. We Strike straight."
These two lines shoe enjambment]]> 2017-04-25 16:21:51 UTC https://padlet.com/shodson/wrigghg2pqq2/wish/168159267