Review: A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes
A Dream Deferred 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? “Dream Deferred” is a short poem written by Langston Huge. This poem is one of his famous works. There are four stanzas with eleven lines in this poem. The poem uses many figurative language and metaphor, such as ‘like a raisin in the sun?’, ‘Does it stink like rotten meat?’, ‘Maybe it just sags like a heavy load’ and so on. In my opinion, this poem has successfully presented a good visualization through its figurative language in my mind when I read it. The rhyme of this poem is inconsistent. The sentences in this poem actually only some questions without answer. Dream Deferred tells us about the postponed dream. When we have a dream, we must have the purpose to fulfill the dream. If the dream is post