ENG 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Perfect And Imperfect Rhymes, Rhetorical Question, Extended Metaphor
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Mask we wear the mask : extended metaphor. Human guile implies deception, one that is sly or subtle, but always intentional. Myriad subtleties : myriad: many; not singular, subtleties: discreet; rare; delicate in meaning/intent; requiring mental discernment; cunning; insidious in operation. Several interpretations of this line due to subtleties: vile envoking disgust, over-wise several interpetations, let the world dream otherwise fantasize. Chooses a rhyming structure, but non-symmetrical: some slant rhyme; rhyme scheme is per stanza, very disruptive. Subject is we first person plural: us v. world. Opposition between the superficial and the internal. World doesn"t" deserve to see them without the mask. Mask the burden they carry that the world ignores. Their feelings are invalid, and because of this, they hide them: idea of the world never really cared about us . Can possibly share pain with christ: o great christ , juxtaposing this world and the afterlife. What it means to be african american in 1898.
