Which image best conveys an eerie mood? "A cheery fire was burning in the grate, and I sat down before it..."

"...groping among the tombs and invading the privacy of the dead,..."

"...my reverie softened down to a sadder and sadder pathos,..."

"I arose and undressed, moving on tiptoe about the room,..."

the 3 one seems a bit eerie

Explanation:

this is because

the answer is:  

he is voicing feelings shared by all humans regardless of race.

in paul laurence dunbar's poem "we wear the mask," he replicates the words mask and we to emphasize how people in general -not just black americans- hide their true feelings. he suggests the masks cover people's faces and eyes, which are the main parts that display their emotions. he also thinks people's pain conceal behind those masks, so that they cannot see reality and nobody is able to see one another's sorrow.

b

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