We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar: This poem talks about how blacks wore a happy face around when they were fighting for equality. They desire to not have to wear a mask bt actually be happy. Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar: The poet compares himself to a caged bird and that symbolises how he is oppressed. He wants to be free from his cage. I, Too by Langston Hughes: This one is about how he can see in the future how segregation will soon come to an end and how he desires and beliefs freedom will come. What role does freedom play in the poems. Choose three of the poems and describe how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom or the desire for it.