Analysis of “WE REAL COOL” “We Real Cool” is a very unique and nicely done work of poetry. The author Gwendolyn Brooks does a very nice job of having this poem flow off the tongue easily and also makes the poem very easy to read. Brooks also has a few very direct and influential message in the context of the poem. The messages and, likewise, the poem were made to appeal to young African Americans …showed first 75 words of 1027 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1027 total…to change for the better. Brooks was expressing the problems of the African-American community at the time. The smooth-rhyming scheme was easy for African-American youth to read. The lines displayed the cause and effect of certain problems in the community. The words also expressed a need for a feeling of unity in the community. In all Brooks wanted to try and help her community and further the fight for African-American civil rights in 1960’s America.