Langston Hughes, Dream Deferred

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A dream that is not realized may begin to decay because it dies within the person. The dream not realized may also become heavy to bear and may "sag/ like a heavy load"(9-10). The last stanza leaves the reader with a powerful visual image, but instead of simile, Hughes uses the metaphor of an explosion...
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When you think of an explosion, you think of great destruction, like a bomb. The person who's dream is deferred loses all hope and feels as if something has exploded inside, causing massive destruction. All in all, this poem is a very universal poem...
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A Dream Deferred In: A Raisin In The Sun (Work Cited) “What happens to a dream deferred?” (Hughes l. 1) Langston Hughes asks in his 1959 poem “Dream Deferred.” He suggests that it might “dry up like a raisin in the sun” (Hughes ll...	6 / 1673
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