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Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar. By: Janine Thomsen. Biography. Born in Dayton Ohio on June 27, 1872. Died at the age of 33. He wrote a large body of dialect poems, standard English poems, essays, novels and short stories before he died.

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

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  1. Paul Laurence Dunbar By: Janine Thomsen

  2. Biography • Born in Dayton Ohio on June 27, 1872. • Died at the age of 33. • He wrote a large body of dialect poems, standard English poems, essays, novels and short stories before he died. • His mother was a former slave and his father had escaped from slavery and served in the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

  3. We Wear The Mask 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. Why should the world be overwise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while We near the mask.

  4. We Wear The Mask (cont.) We smile, but, o great Christ, our cries To Thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but, oh, the day is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask

  5. What the poem means • This poem is saying that even though we smile on the outside there could be something so wrong on the inside. We hide behind our so called “masks” so other people can’t see who we really are because we are afraid of what other people think. We are so concentrated on the social norms that we feel the need to cover up who we really are.

  6. Would you agree that we're far from all right?We fall below the line!We fall below the standards!If only you could seeWhat we see through these eyes(This flag is burning, it will sink under your skin!)I won't believe the horror that I seeIt's more than your poison inside meLets tear away these faces we hide behindCutting through the airwavesOpen up our mindsShow ourselves to the world tonightCause we are.. No longer in disguise!Well, I’m aware of your lies, how do you sleep at night?It's all a matter of time, I think their catching onYou dream of wars, that I refuse to fightWhile people disappear, another broken heart I won't believe the horror that I seeIt's more than your poison inside meI won't let go, while the plague is spreadingI won't let goWell, I’m aware of your lies, how do you sleep at night?It's all a matter of time, I think their catching onYou dream of wars, that I refuse to fightWhile people disappear, another broken heartI won't believe the horror that I seeIt's more than your poison inside meI won't let go, while the plague is spreadingI won't let go FacesBy: Scary Kids Scaring Kids

  7. Let's tear away these faces we hide behindCutting through the airwavesOpen up our mindsShow ourselves to the world tonightCause we are… No longer in disguise!We can save ourselves(Rise Up!)You can't stop usWe can save our soul(Rise Up!)We don’t need your helpWe can save ourselves(Rise Up!)You can’t stop us Let's tear away these faces we hide behindCutting through the airwavesOpen up our mindsShow ourselves to the world tonightCause we are… No longer in disguise!Tear away these facesTear away these facesTear away these facesWe're no longer in disguise!

  8. How this song relates to the poem: • This song relates to the poem because is talks about how we hide behind “masks” because we fall below the standards. Also, it says how they refuse to do things that people want them to do that they don’t want to do.

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