Saturday, January 7, 2017

A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes

The poem A reverie Deferred, by Langston Hughes questions what happens when a persons ideate is lost? The poem uses hexad fables, five of which could be called similes. The scratch line metaphor is a raisin Does it wry up standardized a raisin in the sun? Hughes comp ars a raisin in the sun a imagine deferred that dries up. Raisins are dry and constitute raisins by school term in the sun. Initially raisins are start off as grapes and gradually lose their succus when they are placed in the sun. Thus, Hughes is comparing dreams as a grape and when it is deferred it becomes a raisin, which loses its juice. The present moment metaphor is a crazy Or fester kindred a sore - and and so run? Fester is delineate as to form maturation, when a open combat injury or sore festers it heart and soul the sore is not heal or being properly cared for. And then run which describe that dreams bleed continuously like wounds. Thus, Hughes suggests that a deferred dream exit not heal or go away. The third metaphor is unpleasant-smelling magnetic core Does it be like rotten meat? Hughes compares deferred dreams to rotten meat , doubting if dreams are stashed away leave alone they stink like rotten meat. The stink of rotten meat, causes us to throw and get dislodge of the rotting meat. Thus, Hughes suggests that dreams are cut such as a ignored meat left field in the fridge to rot. The after part metaphor is syrup Or crust and sugar over - like a honeyed sweet? Hughes, compares deferred dreams to syrup, which is sticky and thick. Thus, by comparing deferred dreams to syrup Hughes portrays that deferred dreams become stuck and stick. The fifth metaphor is weighty pack Maybe it vertical lurchs like a voiceless load. Hughes compared differed dreams to forbidding load. Load is something you carry, and if it is corpulent then it causes difficulties. When an object carries in addition much load it begins to sag such as a plastic bag with heavy grocerie s it then tends to sag. Hughes suggests that a deferred dream create heavy load and difficulties, thus if ignored they will start...

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