Initially
when I heard the announcement that we were reading a poem I thought that it
would be some poets relationship with writing or English overall. After hearing
the title I thought that the poem would reflect something about young people
because of the correlation with younger individuals to try to be cool. The
first line made me think of hanging out with friends, then, “Seven at the
Golden Shovel” brought to mind the place where everyone hung out to play pool
and attempt to be cool. The repetition of “We real cool”; reaffirms the idea of
adolescents being the subject of the poem. At one point the poem made me think
of the teachers as the poet mentions school. Then thinking of leaving school in
conjunction with we real cool made me think of the subjects as what todays
society would consider unsuccessful. The next two lines bring to mind someone
that is extremely sneaky and brought to mind the actions of a vigilantly. And
the “…sing sin.” makes me think that these individuals are really bored and
have nothing to do with their time. In addition to the lack of substance in
their lives they feed drink an awful lot while they spend time at this pool
hall. The final stanza of this poem brings to light the times that these young,
school delinquents cherish the most. However, this fast life style that they
have chosen to live will ultimately bring them to an untimely death. After
hearing the point of view from the author of the poem, my initial assumptions
were very close as to what was going on in the poem. The poem “We real cool” is
a great indicator of the mentality of the young members of society and what
they find entertaining. This is still true in the youth of today.
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