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10+ The Mask I Wear Poem Background. The mask i wear.here i am sitting on the edge of my bed. The mask i wear poem by rene' bennett.

Dunbar We Wear The Mask
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We wear the mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, — this debt we pay to human guile; This debt we pay to human guile with torn and bleeding hearts. Learn the important details, written in a voice that won't put you to paul laurence dunbar's poem, first published in lyrics of lowly life (1896), is a reaction to the racial climate of the late nineteenth century.

We smile, but, o great christ, our cries.

This mask i wear, uses a simple muscle, uses what's left of my soul, uses the lies stored this mask i wear, starts with sinful, ends with a bad ending, and is tied together with a miserable, itching, loneliness. What is the use of an the mask i wear poem? To thee from tortured souls arise. We wear the mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— this debt we pay to human guile;