We Real Cool, We Left School Poem

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The first line of the poem is “We Real cool, We Left school.” This shows that the narration of this poem is from the point of view of a group of young people who decided not to go to school anymore, and they think they’re really cool. It’s also written in a seemingly “street kid” dialect, and the grammar is incorrect on purpose, to try to emulate a certain group of people. The next lines are “We Lurk late. We Strike straight.” This shows that the behaviors these kids are partaking in are primarily negative, because there is really nothing positive I can think of that “lurks” and stays out late. Striking straight is talking about being good at aiming and striking with pool cues, because they are pool players. However, another connotation that

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