Question

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? —"Harlem," Langston Hughes Which figure of speech does Hughes primarily use in the poem?.

Answer 1

Answer:

The poem suggests that the deferred dream could “dry up” or “fester like a sore”; it might “stink like rotten meat … Or crust and sugar over / like a syrupy sweet." Each of these images suggests something spoiling, losing potency, or outright decaying

Explanation:

The poem suggests that the deferred dream could “dry up” or “fester like a sore”; it might “stink like rotten meat … Or crust and sugar over / like a syrupy sweet." Each of these images suggests something spoiling, losing potency, or outright decaying