We Real Cool

= We Real Cool =

''The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel.''

We real cool. We

Left school. We

Lurk late. We

Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We

Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We

Die soon.

Autor:

Gwendolyn Brooks: * 7.9.1917, † 3.12.2000

-Influential, award winning and widely known poet

-First black author to win the Pulitzerprice and consultant to the library of congress

-Most of her work is about political topics

- Wrote more than 20 books of poetry

Translation:

Wir sind echt cool

Die Billiard Spieler.

Sieben Leute im Golden Shovel.

Wir sind echt cool. Wir

haben die Schule verlassen. Wir

bleiben lange. Wir

treffen direkt. Wir

singen über Sünden. Wir

leeren den Gin aus. Wir

würzen den Juni. Wir

sterben bald.

Backgroundinformation:

Brooks was passing by a pool hall and saw students and wrote about how they must feel about themselves.

Stylistic Devises:

- 4 Stanzas

- Two-line couplet

- Enjambement

- Every word has only one syllable

- Metre: Three beats and a pause

-Symbolism, Alliterations