1. Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask” and “Sympathy” are poems that resound with suffering. What causes the pain of the p
eople who wear the mask and the repeated injuries of the caged bird? Why do the people and the bird not change their situations? To whom do the sufferers appeal in their pain, and why? Use *-the poems to support your response.
Answer: In "We Wear the Mask," people suffer because life is painful and people hide their pain from the world. Dunbar writes the "clay is vile" beneath their feet, implying life on earth is hard and difficult. They do not change their situations because they cannot -- it is implied that to live is to suffer, they never tried to leave because this is all they know and they know if they leave there will be consequences. “We Wear the Mask” and “Sympathy” they have a fear of what’s coming next, the fear of being scared. In the poem these people appeal to Christ to save them. In "Sympathy," the bird suffers because it is caged. It sees the beauty of the world around it but it cannot participate in it. The bird cannot change its situation because it is literally imprisoned. The caged bird appeals in its pain to Heaven, hoping God will relive its suffering.
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2. What is the theme of Countee Cullen’s “Any Human to Another”? How does Cullen develop this theme, stanza by stanza, though imagery and figurative language?
Answer: Countee Cullen's poem, Any Human to Another, profoundly speaks of the human experience in regards to interaction with one another. The speaker expresses that human interaction with one another is essential. He reveals the suffering of one human being, and how it affects the people who surround the one who is suffering. This affected everyone In /Countee Cullen’s poem, “Any Human to Another”, the poet uses imagery to communicate his theme of universal sorrow. When reading the poem, you will recognize emotional and reflective tone that is being developed through author's way of describing sorrowful thoughts, events and actions. In these lines he shows how the main human problem affects him, and in these stanza he shows it through action:
Like an arrow,
Pierce to the marrow,
Through the fat
And past the bone
This is a nice example of imagery that used to represent objects by showing how it appeals to our physical senses
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3. What role do justice and fairness play in the poems you read in this unit? Write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery and figurative language to depict justice and fairness, the lack of it, or the desire for it.
Answer::” We Wear the Mask”
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