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Both poems are from the Contemporary period which is from 1946 to the present.
We Real Cool is from 1950.
The Word Plum is from 1968.
Both poets have won awards for their works.
Helen Chasin-
Gwendolyn Brooks-
Both poems have some similar literary terms
Imagery
Figurative Language
Metaphor
We Real Cool is from 1950.
The Word Plum is from 1968.
Both poets have won awards for their works.
Helen Chasin-
- 1968 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition
- 1968 Bread Loaf Fellow
- 1968 to 1970 Bunting Institute fellow
Gwendolyn Brooks-
- 1968, appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois.
- 1985, selected as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, an honorary one-year position whose title was renamed the next year to Poet Laureate.
- 1988, inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
- 1994, chosen as the National Endowment for the Humanities' Jefferson Lecturer, one of the highest honors in American literature and the highest award in the humanities given by the federal government.
- 1995, presented with the National Medal of Arts.
- 1995, honored as the first Woman of the Year chosen by the Harvard Black Men's Forum.
Both poems have some similar literary terms
Imagery
Figurative Language
Metaphor
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Although both poems are from the same literary movement, they differ in the region that they come from and the genre that they detail.
We Real Cool is from the northern region of Chicago in the 1950's
The Word Plum comes from Brooklyn in the 1960's
The Word Plum includes literary terms such as simile, personification, and irony.
We Real Cool rhymes while the other poem does not.
We Real Cool is from the northern region of Chicago in the 1950's
The Word Plum comes from Brooklyn in the 1960's
The Word Plum includes literary terms such as simile, personification, and irony.
We Real Cool rhymes while the other poem does not.