Paul Laurence Dunbar was an African-American poet, born in 1872 to parents who were former slaves. Read "We Wear the Mask," by Paul Laurence Dunbar, then answer the question that follows. Explain how the context of Dunbar's poem is relevant to understand the meaning of the poem.

The difference between the present reservoir, with its silent sterile shores and debris-choked side canyons, and the original glen canyon, is the difference between death and life. glen canyon was alive. lake powell is a graveyard. which word best contributes to the author’s sad tone?