Read this excerpt from "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar and answer the question that follows:

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!

What effect does the poet achieve by repeating the phrase, "We wear the mask" throughout the poem? Complete the sentences to answer the question.

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Explanation:
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The effect that the poet achieves by repeating the phrase, "We wear the mask" throughout the poem is to bring the focus of the readers repeatedly to a particular sentence that shares a feeling to hide the sufferings of African Americans.

What do you mean by Phrase?

A phrase may be defined as a group of two or more words that convey a single idea but do not form a complete sentence.

The poem given above illustrates the common experience that the African Americans suffer and the word "mask" is used to hide all their suffering and achieve a kind of triumph against the society.

Therefore, it is well described above.

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