The following video discusses rhyme and line rhythm in We Wear the Mask.

This video discusses Dunbar’s language and Dunbar’s importance to poetry.

This is a video of a podcast in which the narrator reads the poem – important because poetry is meant to be heard – and then offers a reader response to the poem. You can read about the characteristics of reader response analysis on the page Writing about American Literature.

This video provides background on Dunbar’s life and cultural/historical context in which he wrote.