What effect does the poet achieve by repeating the phrase, "We wear the mask throughout the poem? Complete the sentences to answer the
question.
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

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the rhyme scheme of "an open boat" is abcb abab abba aabc

Me with english (easy for you) 50 points

Apolitical campaign showing the candidate wearing a hard hat and work shirt while touring a factory is using oa) glittering generalities. ob) transfer appeal. oc) testimonial. od) plain folks appeal.