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"A Dream Deferred"
What happens to a dream deferred? (a)
like a raisin in the sun? (c)
And then run? (c)
Does it stink like rotten meat? (e)
Or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet? (e)
Maybe it just sags (f)
like a heavy load. (g)
Or does it explode? (g)
Born in Joplin, Missouri, James Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was born into an abolitionist family. As the grandson of Jam ....
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.... that blacks in America faced in Harlem. Furthermore, as the poem develops, so does the feeling behind "A Dream Deferred," growing more serious and angrier with each new line.
To understand Hughes' idea of the "dream deferred," one must have an understanding of the history of Harlem, for each and every line in this poem has a figurative, not literal, meaning and relates precisely to his experience in New York. First intended to be an upper class white ....
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