Analysis Of We Wear The Mask

After reading Dunbar’s poem, “We Wear the Mask,” I feel the poem was meant for an educated audience since the dialect was written in Standard English. In the first line, “We wear the mask that grins and lies,” the African American people are telling their side of the story through this poem. How they truly feel is contrary to their smiles, although, they suppose that things should not be any different. The author is trying to show the audience that many African-Americans are putting on a front for the world to see while, they endure their pain silently.
Though “When Malindy Sings” is written in a rather rough dialect, I can’t help but think that this poem is meant for a varied audience that includes both the educated and uneducated alike.