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Poetry and Performance: Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask" — Homework
Practice reading "We Wear the Mask" aloud at least twice, trying different pacing, before answering.
- 1.Quote or closely paraphrase the poem's opening couplet.
- 2.Explain why performing a poem about hiding true feeling is especially ironic for the performer.
- 3.Describe the two different ways you practiced reading the refrain "We wear the mask!" and the different effect each produced.
- 4.Why might Dunbar's historical position as a Black poet in his era make this poem's theme especially significant?
- 5.Is there a "mask" you think most people wear in ordinary daily life?
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