by 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?
Answer the following questions about this poem.
1. Which of the following is a synonym for "deferred"? (mark all that apply)
put off wake up impede
give delay succeed
2. What is the main literary technique used by Langston Hughes in this poem?
3. List the verbs used in this poem to describe what happens to a dream.
4. List the adjectives used to describe a dream?
5. Name the word in the poem that rhymes with the following:
sun..........
meat.........
load.........
