An Interpretation of Paul Laurence Dunbar's Poem Sympathy and We Wear the Mask
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Title: An Interpretation of Paul Laurence Dunbar's Poem Sympathy and We Wear the Mask

Essay Details:

Subject: Miscellaneous
Author: Roosevelt P
Date: October 26, 2014
Level: University
Grade: B
Length: 4 / 1098

Essay text:

Dunbar begins the poem by stating "I know what the caged bird feels, alas!"(African American Literature page 922). This shows the comparison of a caged bird to an African American. Dunbar wrote this poem with vivid, descriptive, and symbolic language throughout the entire poem. Dunbar uses this vivid, descriptive and symbolic language to stress his point that some one tied up in bondage and chains is not privileged enough to enjoy the simple but unique parts of life. In the first stanza of Sympathy Dunbar wrote: I know what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass,- And the river flows like a stream of glass: When the first bird sings and the first bud opes, And the faint perfume from its chalice steals- I know what the caged bird feels! The first stanza is representative of the symbolic speech in which Paul Laurence Dunbar uses to describe the condition of African Americans...

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