THE POOL PLAYERS. SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL Luck number seven Seven pool players IRONY 7 is a lucky number but it is ironic because the players die.

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THE POOL PLAYERS. SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL Luck number seven Seven pool players IRONY 7 is a lucky number but it is ironic because the players die in the end of the poem, thus they are not lucky. IRONY 7 is a lucky number but it is ironic because the players die in the end of the poem, thus they are not lucky. IRONY Good fortune (digging for gold) Digging their graves IRONY Good fortune (digging for gold) Digging their graves CONTRAST Golden = no hard labour Shovel = labour CONTRAST Golden = no hard labour Shovel = labour

WE REAL COOL. WE LEFT SCHOOL. WE EMPHASIS Tells us what the pool players are doing. EMPHASIS Tells us what the pool players are doing. The pool players think they are very ‘cool’ by leaving school and to do bad things

LURK LATE. WE STRIKE STRAIGHT. WE To wait, sometimes hiding in order to frighten, annoy or attack someone Hit against or crash into someone or something argue ALLITERATION “L” sound “S” sound ALLITERATION “L” sound “S” sound Hit the snooker ball Argue or say something straight out Hit the snooker ball Argue or say something straight out

SING SIN. WE THIN GIN. WE ALLITERATION “S” sound ALLITERATION “S” sound RHYME The pool players regard sin as morally fitting and good. Pool players drink gin with a mix e.g. gin &tonic Pool players (kids) drink hard liquor Pool players drink gin with a mix e.g. gin &tonic Pool players (kids) drink hard liquor

JAZZ JUNE. WE DIE SOON. ALLITERATION “J” SOUND ALLITERATION “J” SOUND Have a good time (sex) with a girl named June May listen or play Jazz music Have a good time (sex) with a girl named June May listen or play Jazz music All their actions lead to death. Either from violence or abuse of alcohol and drugs

1.Though it’s written from the perspective of seven people we never really feel like the pool players are talking. Rather, the speaker is trying to imagine their thoughts. 2.The word “golden” is symbolic is summer, youth, daytime and riches. This is ironic because the aimless lives of the pool players seem anything but golden Number 7 implies a lucky number but these boys are unlucky seeing that they foresee their own deaths.

3.Tell us what the pool players are doing and it creates enjambment and speeds up the flow of the poem. Can imply that the pool players actions speeds up their own death. 4. The author’s tone is neither angry or judgemental. The word choice rather describes the way things are and uses straightforward, matter-of-fact language and allows the reader to draw his own conclusion.

5. Open ended 6. From the outside – criticise but in a sarcastic manner From the pool players – romanticised, they see sin a morally fitting and good 7. Dig for fortune or dig your own grave 8. “We left school” 9. “We sing sin We thin gin”