We Wear the Mask - Poetry Foundation
We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties.
We Wear the Mask - Academy of American Poets
We wear the mask. We smile, but oh great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile, But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask!
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We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar - Poem Analysis
‘We Wear the Mask’ by Paul Laurence Dunbar describes the way that “We” put on, and accept the presence of masks. The poem begins with the speaker stating that “We,” a reference to all of humankind, but specifically black Americans, put on masks.
We Wear the Mask - Wikipedia
We Wear the Mask" is an 1895 poem in the rondeau form by Paul Laurence Dunbar. It is generally considered one of his most famous works and has been cited by several scholars as his best poem. The poem appeared in Dunbar's second volume of poetry.
Paul Laurence Dunbar – We Wear the Mask - Genius
We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties.
We Wear the Mask - Discover Poetry
Feb 9, 2024 · We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar. We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties. Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while We wear ...
Paul Laurence Dunbar, "We Wear the Mask" (1895)
Jul 15, 2022 · We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,--This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile And mouth with myriad subtleties, Why should the world be over-wise. In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while We wear the mask. We smile, but oh great Christ, our ...
We Wear the Mask: Summary & Analysis - SparkNotes
Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask” first appeared in his 1895 collection, Majors and Minors. This title references the volume’s overall split between two groups of poems. Whereas Dunbar wrote one group in standard English (the “majors”), he wrote another group in dialect (the “minors”).
We Wear The Mask | Facing History & Ourselves
Mar 14, 2016 · In this poem, Paul Laurence Dunbar reflects on the experience of African Americans in post-Civil War America and the universal human behavior of hiding an aspect of ourselves.