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What effect does the poet achieve by repeating the phrase, "We wear the mask throughout the poem? Complete the sentences to answer the
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In the poem "We Wear the Mask," Paul Laurence Dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward American society. He repeats
the title phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that
1. The first use of the phrase is matter-of-fact. In the
second stanza, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. However, at the end of the poem, Dunbar almost shouts
the phrase deflantly. The mask seems to become something he wears proudly. Through this gradual emphasis on the phrase, Dunbar
could be implying that

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