American Literature / Unit 17 AML 1619 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"We Real Cool"
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The idea
The anchor calls "We Real Cool" an often anthologized jazz poem and places it in her nineteen sixty collection The Bean Eaters. It is eight very short lines spoken by seven pool players, and its rhythm is the whole argument of the poem.
In practice
Eight short lines, seven pool players.
Where people slip
The line breaks carry the poem's rhythm.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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