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sc00by25

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Who seems to be the speaker of the poem? What clues does the speakergive about his or her background?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What elements of the structure of We Real Cool did Heaney reproduce inhis parody?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 20, 2018
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  • The speaker appears to be a soldier. Certainly he reveals himself to be someone who knows what it is like to be on a battlefield; he knows, apparently firsthand, about the horror of snipers, terrorists, and child soldiers. (Brian Turner served in the U.S. Army in Iraq, and the speaker of this poem does seem to be a version of himself.)



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  • Most of them: the use of the poems first line as the title; a subtitle identifying the speakers and their preferred hangout; short riming couplets; the ending of each line but the last with the We that begins each new statement; concluding with the word soon. The only element Heaney does not reproduce is the extreme compression of the original; he needs a few more words than Brooks used to make his points.



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Reply 2 on: Jul 20, 2018
Excellent

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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