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Dunbar and the Poetics of the Mask — Homework
Reread "We Wear the Mask" aloud at least once before answering.
- 1.Explain the mask as an extended metaphor in your own words.
- 2.Identify the poem's refrain.
- 3.What effect does the refrain's return at the poem's close create?
- 4.What historical context gives the poem's "we" specific weight beyond a purely universal reading?
- 5.In five or more sentences, explain why Dunbar might choose a tightly controlled, songlike form for a poem about concealed pain rather than a looser form.
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