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What do you think?

Explore the life of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and his significant contributions to American literature. From his rich heritage, Dunbar created a wealth of poems, songs, plays, and novels. This short biography analyzes his impact on the literary world.

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What do you think?

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  1. What do you think?

  2. Paul Laurence Dunbar This short biography traces the life of the poet, and analyzes his contributions to American literature. Paul Laurence Dunbar was born in 1872, the son of an escaped slave who fought in the Civil War. When he died only thirty-three years later, Dunbar had already fashioned from his rich heritage a wealth of poems, songs, plays and novels.

  3. Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) 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 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, O 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!

  4. Diction • Melancholic / sad • A Sense of injustice • Loss of hope / pessimistic Diction affects the tone of the poem.

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