Analysis Poem “Harlem”, a raisin in the sun

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a main question; "What happens to a dream deferred?" ((.1). metaphor for a dries it grape Like the Longer reader how "Does it dry up / Like a raisin in the sun?" (11.2) is a deferred dream. A grape is a fruit and is very fruity. When this gets Less fruity, it dries and shrinks. In this metaphor the deferred dream gets older grape that becomes a raisin. The dream gets less "fruity" and is no the fresh dream it once was. With this metaphor the author tries to show the a dream gets old and you get affected by the deferred dream. In addition, "Or fester like a sore - And then run? "(11.3) stands for Septic wound. If a wound gets septic, it's exhausting for your body. In the beginning a wound affects your body Little bit but when it gets septic the wound affets the body more. A deferred dream gets with the time a you get exhausted by the not archived goal. With this the author influences the reader emotion in terms of a deferred dream and a septic wound many people had in their life. With this metaphor he makes clear how hard it is to life with a Lot harder to live with and deferred dream. Furthermore, Hughes uses another metaphor; "Does it stink like rotten meat?" (1.6). Rotten meats has a disgusting smell and if have the smell one time in your house it stays for you a time you don't get rid of the smell easily. And so is it with a broken imagination of a dream. It gets deferred and the smell of the dream haunts you for a while. You have to think about it for long time and the dream is always by your side. The symbol "rotten meat" has a very hegative and disgusting affect feeling of vomiting. on the reader. Rotten meat smells nasty and have the you a a up A raisin in the sun a other metaphor. Moreover, "Or crust and sugar over-like a sympy sweet?" (11.7) is A crust looks crusty, hard and sometimes bloody. When the wound starts to heal, it start to scrach it. The wound long time to heal because you always open it again. A deferred dream is like a crusty itches and then a crust appears. The crust is ichy and you takes wound because have because you syrup. "Maybe just sags / Like and on the you always be remembered of that dream. You can't finish with the not full filled dream. Instead you get remembered and the wound Imagination is broken opens again. The reader feels the feelings of really needed dream that is a wound covered with a sweet The needing is the sweetness and you scratch it away and reveal the wound the dream. The reader feels how hard it is to have a deferred dream that is sometimes covered with a little hope for it but gets destroyed again. Aditionally, there is another metaphor it metaphor "Maybe it just sags / Like a heavy load "(I(. 9). A havy load on your shoulders is hard to carry over time exhausting. The thought of a deferred dream gets bigger and harder to carry. The dream gets importanter and it being defered gets havier to carry shoulders. The thought and feeling of this deferred dream is always by your you have to life with the load it brings with it. You can't reach the things you want and you have to live with the feeling of sadness and disappointment. Through this metaphor the reader feels sad and can understand how hard it is to live with a deferred dream. Everyone had a heavy load on their shoulders at one point in life, so many people can understand what this feels like. Finally, the rethorical question "Or does it explode?" (1.10) represents deferred dream can cause. A explosion causes many pain, sadness and dream gets deferred it is like a explosion. You are sad and hurled 1 your dream is broken. your dream is deferred you get sad and feel depressed, because you can't reach something that wanted really bad. You feel exhausted by the explosion that happened in your heart. The reader feels side and you Sad an gets the feeling of an explosion. your If a 15.11.2021 a Q the damage a hurted people. If