Annotation of Gwendolyn Brooks’s “We Real Cool”

Annotation of Gwendolyn Brooks’s “We Real Cool”

Annotation of Gwendolyn Brooks’s “We Real Cool”

We Real Cool[A1] 

By Gwendolyn Brooks

The Pool Players.

Seven At the Golden Shovel.[A2] 

We real cool. we [A3] 

Left school. We[A4] 

Lurk late. We[A5] 

Strike straight. We

Sing sin[A6] . We

Thin gin. We

Jazz June[A7] . We

Die soon.

 [A1]The persona uses the Literally style Diction. Since the pool players skip school and are uneducated, they are limited in their vocabulary. Thereby they use a colloquial language as they are unable to communicate effectively.

 [A2]The word Shovel is a literally device known as Symbolism. A shovel is a gardening tool using to dig and pick dirt. Here it highlights how the pool players are wasting their lives instead of doing something constructive they are digging themselves an early grave. Additionally, a golden shovel is useless since even if its valuable its still going in the dirt.

 [A3]The Persona employs the use of the Literal Style Enjambment. This is the continuation of a sentence from one line to the next without the use of punctuation such as a full stop.

 [A4]The first Literary Device is the use of Rhyme. Rhyme is a literary device whereby there is the repletion of syllables at the end of a line in poem. All the Verses in the poem end with “We”

 [A5]The second Literary device is the use of Alliteration. Alliteration is defined as the repetition of the same consonants in two consecutive words.

 [A6]Sing sin. The Literally device used in these two consecutive words is Alliteration. Using Two words that begin with S

 [A7]The Literally device used in these two consecutive words is Alliteration. Using Two words that begin with J

Annotations

1. The persona uses the Literally style Diction. Since the pool players skip school and are uneducated, they are limited in their vocabulary. Thereby they use a colloquial language as they are unable to communicate effectively.

2.The word Shovel is a literally device known as Symbolism. A shovel is a gardening tool using to dig and pick dirt. Here it highlights how the pool players are wasting their lives instead of doing something constructive they are digging themselves an early grave. Additionally, a golden shovel is useless since even if its valuable its still going in the dirt.

3. The Persona employs the use of the Literal Style Enjambment. This is the continuation of a sentence from one line to the next without the use of punctuation such as a full stop.

4. The first Literary Device is the use of Rhyme. Rhyme is a literary device whereby there is the repletion of syllables at the end of a line in poem. All the Verses in the poem end with “We”

5. The second Literary device is the use of Alliteration. Alliteration is defined as the repetition of the same consonants in two consecutive words.

6. Sing sin. The Literally device used in these two consecutive words is Alliteration. Using Two words that begin with S

7. The Literally device used in these two consecutive words is Alliteration. Using Two words that begin with J

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