Question

we wear the mask by paul laurence dunbar we wear the mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— this debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we smile, and mouth with myriad subtleties why should the world be over - wise, in counting all our tears and sighs? nay, let them only see us, while we wear the mask. 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! in we wear the mask, how does the poet use irony to reject the romantic notion of idealism? by describing how people attempt to hide their pain by pretending to be happy by pointing out that most people are unable to recognize their own emotions by describing how people attempt to appear happy for the sake of material gain by pointing out that most people are truly happy, despite appearing depressed

Explanation:

El poema muestra que las personas son tristes en el interior pero son felices en apariencia. Esta discrepancia es una ironía que cuestiona la idea romántica de idealismo.

Answer:

by describing how people attempt to hide their pain by pretending to be happy