This poem contains 4 stanzas with 2 lines each, every line ends with the word 'we' excluding the last line. Every sentence in the poem starts at the end of the line. Gwendolyn uses poetic language such as alliteration; "Lurke late" and "Strike straight" are both clear examples. 'We Real Cool' is a poem describing the lives of a group of friends. Most likely these friends are into trouble since it says things like "We Lurke late" and "We Left school". The poem ends with the phrase "We Die soon." This phrase relates to context and form. It is the only line that doesn't end in we, which shows we are at the end of the poem. At the same time the phrase could mean that the group of friends get into so much trouble that they realize the won't live much longer.
'landscape: 1.' bp Nichols
Nichols created this poem with no punctuation, not even spaces. The poem is one line long and underlined. The poem has just one phrase, it says 'alongthehorizongrewanunbrokenlineoftrees'. The content relates to the form because each letter represents a tree on the horizon (the underline) and since there is no spaces in the poem, the trees are in an unbroken line.
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