We can classify each poem in terms of using a collective voice in the following manner:
1. "We Real Cool": Collective Voice.
2. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers": Collective Voice.
3. "Mending Wall": No Collective Voice.
- "We Real Cool" is a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks. The collective voice in this poem is quite evident because of the use of the plural pronoun "we".
- The speakers are most likely young boys. They have decided to drop out of school and spend their time living a bit too intensely.
- "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is a poem by Langston Hughes. Here, the collective voice is not as evident as in the poem above.
- The speaker does not use "we". He uses "I" instead. However, as we read the poem, it becomes clear that the speaker represents all Africans and African Americans.
- It would be impossible for a single person to live that long throughout history and travel to all those places. The speaker represents all black men and women, their struggles, and their importance.
- Finally, "Mending Wall" is a poem by Robert Frost. No collective voice is used here.
- That means the speaker of "Mending Wall" represents only himself. His thoughts are not the thoughts of a whole group or of society in general. They are only his.
In conclusion, the answers given above are in accordance with the use of collective voice in each poem.
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