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Original poem reprinted online here: "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks Originally read: (a long time ago, but for this blog) February 18, 2013 More information about the Poet: Gwendolyn Brooks I forgot that this poem was after the Richard Cory poem.  Also I feel dumb because I didn't realize that bother had a 1st person collective narrative (we).  Currently, I wonder why that aspect of the poem didn't draw me in. I think one of the main reasons is the rhythm of the poem.  Every sentence after the first stanza is only three words and they all start with "we." The repetition of "We" becomes more mesmerizing with each line that I get lost within the rhythm.  Especially when Gwendolyn Brooks reading this .  Also in the link, she discussing the background influence of the poem and the sort of meaning of the poem.  Furthermore, she also admits that this poem can be read in a different ways "Jazz can be looked at as a sexual reference."  Howeve...

Original poem reprinted online here: "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson Originally read: February 18, 2013 More information about the Poet: Edwin Arlington Robinson So the "we" narrative has been done before and reinvented through stories like Kanthapura  and A Rose for Emily  (oddly, I cannot remember works that use the "we" narrative before this poem was written).  So what does the "we" narrative contribute to a piece 1) I think isolation is the main point.  That the "we" narrative is a collective thought (everyone is thinking this way) against the construction of the subject through the lens of the collective thought.  For example, if the collective thought that  subject was weird -- the style and the narrative adapts to the collective style. 2) In the "we" narratives that I've read, the collective doesn't know the "exact" nature of a person.  Richard Cory, who seems to have everything he wants, ki...