Great Writers: Langston Hughes

Great Writers: Langston Hughes

"Langston Hughes": poetry and prose, 78 pages, 18,972 words, visuals

Eleven by Langston Hughes:





Use the “Poetry System” to explain the following 11 Poems by Langston Hughes:




Langston Hughes - Dream Deferred

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?

"Langston Hughes": poetry and prose, 78 pages, 18,972 words, visuals