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Discuss how poets use the technique of masking their personas in order to convey the message to the reader.
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In this study, I will discuss how poets use the technique of masking their personas in order to convey the message to the reader. The poems, The Woman With whom I Share My Husband written by Bitek and Smiles written by Szymborska both portrait characters who try to be somebody who they are not. The poets use the human condition where people hide true emotions and show a foreign personality in order to satisfy others and be accepted. Szymborska uses the technique of masking his personas in the poem, Smiles in order to show a message relating to the human condition where people in power use a false display of emotions in order to satisfy the people who contribute towards keeping them in power. Bitek uses the same technique of masked personas relating to the human condition where an old African woman Tina tries to imitate the western ways...
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