In the poem "We Wear the Mask," Paul Laurence Dunbar uses a relatively structured rhyme scheme in his depiction of a community putting up a facade and pretending to be something else. Is there a time in which you acted in a way that was contrary to your own feelings? Perhaps you hoped to live up to the way others wanted to see you. Perhaps you did something that you weren’t comfortable doing in order to fit in. Write a poem describing what you did and how you felt. Experiment with the rhyme scheme in your poem, just as modern poets did. After your poem, include a brief explanation of the rhyme scheme, structure, and literary devices that you used.

Stifling scream

The voice silent by the impetus itself

The isurped will

And the fear reaching

Everyday life seems blatant

But it is silent as a suffocating cry.

Shame is unjustified

Because no reason is observed

I only have the inadequacy

And living with loneliness.

Explanation:

Suffocating scream above refers to the feelings of a very introverted and shy person who wants to talk and make friends with people, but cannot and is suffocated by herself.

The poem was written in two stanzas, one with 5 verses and one with four verses. Free and metophoric rhymes with a literary device were used.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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