This Be The Verse
This poem, from my point of view, is about how your parents mess up and they pass it on to you even though they don't mean to. They indirectly fill you up with their faults from their past and sometimes keep giving you more. I think the main line of the poem is "Man hands on misery to man," because it just sums up that people hand off when they are feeling bad to other people whether they take it out on them or they just give them their problems so they don't have to deal with them. I really like the end of the poem, " Get out as early as you can, and don't have kids yourself." It is a short piece of advice but it is also comical. I think the author was able to get his point across but also make sure the reader is bored.
We Real Cool
This poem is very short but it has a definite meaning to it. It's a poem about the "cool" kids who have a troubled life and eventually suffer leading them to their death if they continue what they keep doing. Most kids don't like school, but these kids really don't like it so they drop out and and lurk around town late at night. They'll do anything if it is fun to them like sing, drink, and play, pretty much anything that helps them capture the feeling of ecstasy. These seven people travel together and do things together which is indicated by the use of "we." The poem really captures what kids think they can do when they are rebels.
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