Question

read the excerpt from \we wear the mask\ by paul laurence dunbar. 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! which structural element does the poet use in this excerpt? rhyme scheme repeated line couplet quatrain

Explanation:

• Rhyme scheme: Analyze the end - sounds of the lines. "Cries" and "arise" rhyme (long - i sound), "vile" and "mile" rhyme (long - i sound).
• Repeated line: There is no line repeated verbatim in this excerpt.
• Couplet: A couplet is a pair of lines that rhyme. Here, we have more than two lines.
• Quatrain: A quatrain is a four - line stanza. This excerpt has six lines.

Answer:

rhyme scheme