Poetry Analysis TSPFASTT

Name: __Ninfamaria

Arredondo-Walsh_______________ Poem: ____We Real Cool_____ Poet: _Gwendolyn Brooks__ Period/Century: _____________

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Anticipate Meaning. Questions?

We Real Cool: Could !e a!out the down trodden life Afri"an Ameri"ans li#ed when tryin$ to rise u% durin$ the &a'' (ra and how they !roke throu$h dis"rimination to !e "ool in )a''* Coolness "an also !e measured !y how mu"h of a re!el a %erson is and how far they are willin$ to re!el a$ainst so"iety* +he s%eaker is a unit of %ool %layers $rou%ed to$ether as We* +he %ool %layers are s%eakin$ out a!out their li#es to make it known what will ha%%en to other ,"ool, $uys: death* -t.s a!out the life led !y the %ool %layers* +he %ool %layers are the ultimate !ad !oys who dro%%ed out of s"hool/ s%end all hours of the ni$ht out on the town sin$in$ and drinkin$* 0owe#er/ this life that they lead is a dan$erous one that ine#ita!ly leads to their deaths*

SPEAKER

Speaking to? Situation?

PARAPHRASE

Whats it about? Onethree sentences

FIGURATIVE DEVICES

Look beyond the literal at figurative and sound devices. Give e a!ples. "o# do they a$$ect !eaning% $eeling?

Re%etition of we stands to $rou% the %ool %layers yet we seems to also re%resent a $enerali'ation of a %o%ulation/ a "olle"ti#e $rou% of %eo%le that li#e throu$h this life* We also is a de#i"e used to make the %ool %layers the same* Rhyme: We real "ool* We/1eft 2"hool* Cool and 2"hool rhyme !e"ause kids ne#er really like s"hool and there is always a kid who is $oin$ to $i#e u% and dro% out and !e "onsidered "ool* We/2in$ sin* We/ +hin $in* 2in makes $in take on a ne$ati#e "onnotation !e"ause of the "onfli"t of morality in drinkin$ and !ein$ ine!riated while sin$in$ a!out it and other uns"ru%ulous a"ti#ities* We/ &a'' &une* We/ 3ie soon: +he summer months ne#er seem to last lon$ enou$h and with &une rhymin$ to soon it seems that that short summer will !e the last for most of the %ool %layers* +his !rin$s the end of the %oem to an ine#ita!le fatal end and "loudy mood* -ndifferently/ the %ool %layers are )ust statin$ their attri!utes of their li#es throu$h out the %oem !ut suddenly the mood is serious !e"ause their deaths are a serious to%i"*

ATTITUDE

Analy&e narrators and'or poets attitude ()*+,-

SHIFTS

+ote shi$ts in tone% sub.ect% speaker% situation% or diction.

1ines 4-5 has a laid !a"k and rela6ed tone !ut that final line/ line 7/ 3ie soon/ !rin$s down the reader from thinkin$ that it.s $oin$ to !e a %oem a!out the ha%%y thu$ life !ut for"efully and distur!in$ly "rashes reality !a"k down on the reader*

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TITLE

2e3consider the !eaning o$ the title.

We Real Cool: -t.s an ironi" title !e"ause all the "oolness in the world won.t sa#e you from death* +o li#e your life while you "an !efore you die* A dan$erous/ risky life only ends in death* 3eath "onsumes e#eryone no matter what* :nne"essary death*

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What is the poe! saying? What is 4message?

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