English 102 - CRITICAL THINKING AND LITERARY ANALYSIS - Groper

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?                                                                      5

Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over--

like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags

like a heavy load.                                                               10

Or does it explode?