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Comment 31 of 51, added on September 24th, 2005 at 8:32 AM.
Great similie and deep feelings!! Though this is an assignment I need tp
work on, there's no pressure. I felt relieved instead. Reading such an
inspiring poem gave me strength again. As a big fan of Martin Luther King
Jr., I love the indication and the spirit of this"Dream Deffered".
Tina from Taiwan
Comment 30 of 51, added on September 2nd, 2005 at 9:16 AM.
This poem has played a major part in my life. I've used time after time for
projects and papers. Its just so real. If we don't follow our dreams then
what is the point of having them?
Shawn Dennis from United States
Comment 29 of 51, added on August 24th, 2005 at 10:23 AM.
I feel that the usage of similies to portray the postponed dreams, goals,
and desires of the mass population is brilliant. The usage of the the
metaphor in the poem's climactic moment is just as ingenious of Hughes.
The representation of the black population's frustration, and their imanent
explosion is well fitting. These explosions can easily be represented with
race riots that so often occured during the times where the Jim Crow Laws
were rampid in the United States.
Mr. B. from United States
Comment 28 of 51, added on August 10th, 2005 at 12:16 AM.
This is a great poem by langston hughes. In just a few lines he was able to
convey black opression ( a.k.a the dream) into a metaphor that carried a
significant (and sometimes controversial)meaning. Well done.
J J from United States
Comment 27 of 51, added on July 21st, 2005 at 1:57 PM.
I first read this poem in my Comp. 2 class.As a disabled white woman I felt
empathy afterwards.
Kelly Taras from United States
Comment 26 of 51, added on July 19th, 2005 at 8:43 PM.
Well, I have to memorize this poem in my Writing and Communications class
my Senior year, and I am glad I did. This is such a rich and well developed
poem, describing various outcomes of a dream deferred, raising in severty
each time until ultimatly, the worst outcome arises. This poem originally
was intented to convey the angry and fustration of Harlem in the 1910's to
the 1940's. Still as brillant today as it was 50 years ago, this poem is
can be desribed in one word: Timeless.
Henry
Comment 25 of 51, added on July 9th, 2005 at 8:22 PM.
I wonder if the film A Raisin in the Sun took its title from this brilliant
poem?
louise from Australia
Comment 24 of 51, added on June 3rd, 2005 at 10:57 AM.
this is a very weird but nicely written poem!
Ally from United States
Comment 23 of 51, added on May 27th, 2005 at 6:34 PM.
The word "explodes" is very powerful... I wonder what Hughes meant. On the
most personal intimate level, the explosion of the mind, the torment of the
individual soul, the burst of beautiful creativity arising from frustrated
dreams... Or are we, today, seeing rotten decay of the social structure,
the shrivelled souls of honest, hardworking, people working toward an end
that seems to promise futility, or does it explode by the burst of energy
that promises only wonderful and beautiful outcomes from all the surpressed
longings? Such a beautiful poem, this is, that even I, a non-black
immigrant, can appreciate its intimate largess.
Bibi
Comment 22 of 51, added on May 2nd, 2005 at 4:48 PM.
I first read this poem while a freshman in college at Grambling State
University. It was during the LA riots and I always thought Langton
expressed the actions after the Rodney King verdict better than any
newscast or debate. Ultimately, a dream deferred will explode.
KWENITA LEWIS from United States
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Great similie and deep feelings!! Though this is an assignment I need tp
work on, there's no pressure. I felt relieved instead. Reading such an
inspiring poem gave me strength again. As a big fan of Martin Luther King
Jr., I love the indication and the spirit of this"Dream Deffered".
Tina from Taiwan