poetry

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[|We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar]


 * Who is the “we” in the poem?
 * Why does the mask “grin” and “lie”?
 * In line 3, what is the “debt”?
 * In line 5, what does “myriad subtleties” mean?
 * In the second stanza, who represents “the world” and “them”?
 * What poetic device is the phrase “We wear the mask”?
 * Why do you think the poet uses this poetic device?
 * What does the poet mean by “We wear the mask”

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Poetry Aloud by Kristin O'Connell George

Examples
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