Harlem+(12+Block)

Harlem Langston Hughes   //What happens to a dream deferred?// 

//Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?// __Analysis: __  The major aspect of this poem seems to be "being an American". The dream he is talking about is the "American Dream".     <span style="color: rgb(234, 90, 16);">  <span style="color: rgb(234, 90, 16);"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(234, 90, 16);">He uses rhyme, rhetorical questions, personification, and similes. <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(234, 90, 16);">For a deeper analysis, check out this website: <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">http://poetry.suite101.com/article.cfm/hughes___harlem__a_dream_deferred_ <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(30, 148, 246);">__About the Author:__ <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(30, 148, 246);"> > > > > >
 * <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(30, 148, 246);">He was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1902.
 * He lived with his grandmother until the age of 13.
 * He was influenced by jazz, Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, and Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
 * He wrote plays, novels, poetry, and short stories.
 * He was known for his "insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America..."
 * He wanted to show the actual culture of "black America".
 * He passed away on May 26, 1967 in New York due to complications with prostate cancer.
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