Seven at the Golden Shovel.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
My initial response on the poem is it involves many problems that you often see high school students go through. My personal response on the poem is it seems to react with more of slavery. The text seems as if there are high school boys that trys to search for freedom in order to get respect out of everything that they deserve. The text shows that the students are more of boys than girls. My perspective relates to girls because most wome wouldnnt seem to appear in a bar and play pool in order to recieve there rights. The text is involving maybe high or middle school students that always left school. The setting includes an appearance at a place called Seven at the Golden Shovel. The place is a very prestigous and a place that seems to only involving pool, jazz singing, and dancing. The first line is book-ended by the word "We," which makes the boys sound both arrogant and self-conscious. They left school and decided to lurk late. Lurk late is a alliteration and it means they would go out and have some fun. The term "strike straight" means means they would do what ever they would want without any problem. We thin gin,” they are deciding to break the rules and have a but of freedom by drinking alcohol. By having freedom they decided to sing sin in order to stand up for themselves. If the students tried to recieve freedom they would end up dying if they searched for freedom. This is what the text means at the end when it says we die soon. Although the text seems to appear to be very plain it involves a lot more. The text seems to relate more to freedom and justice instead of skipping school and hanging out with friends.
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