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PRAYER TO THE MASKS, by             Poem Explanation         Poet's Biography
First Line: Masks! O masks! %black mask, red mask, you white-and-black
Last Line: But we are men of dance, whose feet get stronger %as we pound upon firm ground
Subject(s): Negritude (literary Movement)




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