One of my favorite poems is “A Dream Deferred” 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?
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.
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Here are some discussion questions that you can use as you talk about this poem at the dinner table. What does it mean to defer our dreams? Does the poet think it is a good idea to put off accomplishing our dreams? What do you think happens when you set aside your dreams? What image would you use to describe a dream that has been set aside? What are some of the dreams that you have right now? What can you do to accomplish your dreams? How do we keep believing in our dreams even if they take awhile to come true? Would it change your understanding of this poem to know that the poet was black? Langston Hughes lived during a time in the United States when black people did not have many rights. How do you think this affected his writing of the poem? Should only rich people have dreams? Should only white people have dreams? How does God feel about our dreams?
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