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Use the How to Read a Poem worksheet. Hand it in. 

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Use the How to Read a Poem worksheet. Hand it in. 

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I like the personification that is being used when he says we wear the mask that grins and lies even though masks can't grin or lie it is a great choice of wording.

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Let them see us,while we wear the mask. I liked this line because of how it is related to the world and people

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"But let the world dream otherwise, we wear the mask" is my favorite line because it's saying even if we don't want to believe it we all wear a mask

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"But let the world dream otherwise, we wear the mask" is my favorite line because it's saying even if we don't want to believe it we all wear a mask

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My favorite line is “We wear the mask that grins and lies”. The reason that is my favorite lines is because many people in this world are fake and try to act like something that they are not

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"We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes"
I like this line because it just sticks out and really pops in my head that triggers me to think about what it could be.

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I like when he says,”with bleeding heart we smile.”, because he is saying there are people in the world going through pain whether it’s personal or physical that person wears a smile so no one will know they are going through this pain. It’s the sad truth of the world when people wears a smile so no one knows and no one can help that line can speak volume to so many people.

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I like the line "We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries" because it says that even though he cries he still hides behind a smile and acts like everything is okay.

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My favorite line is “it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes” because I like how it uses describing words

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We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes

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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 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!

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My favorite line from this poem is  "With torn and bleeding hearts we smile."

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I like the line "We wear the mask that grins and lies" because people in this world today are fake.

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we wear the mask that grins and lies because people always try to portray who they are in the wrong ways.

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Figurative Language
Author's Purpose
Rhyme Scheme
Powerful assonance

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means nice and delicate