Sunday, October 9, 2016

"Die soon"

                In the poem "We real cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks, Brooks uses only 4 stanzas to show that every action has a consequence especially with people who try to portray themselves as "cool", Which I personally think is great because some people don't understand the concept of consequences and they should know those who choose to do the wrong thing "Die soon" as quoted from line 8 in the poem, Brooks uses We a lot in the poem but instead of using it at the beginning of a line she uses "we" at the end, like a reverse litany.
                Brooks begins the poem with "We real cool. We/ Left school"  in lines 1-2 so they're obviously students, in the next lines 3-4 Brooks writes "We/ lurk late. We/ Strike straight", I would assume they would start fights with others throughout the night. But the line that stands out most to me or anyone for that matter would be the last line. Line #8 "We/ jazz June. We/ Die soon" because throughout the poem every action has had a sort of negative consequence and the last consequence of living a bad life would be a death that has come early.

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