Blog 3-Dream Deferred & Literary Techniques

    I've had those dreams where I wake up and wish I could fall back asleep and dream such good things over. Or the ones I subconsciously have, and don't recall having by the time I awake. Or the ones that are so horrible, I awake hoping it never happens. But what is a dream deferred as referred to by author Langston Hughes in his poem, Dream Deferred?
    After reading this poem, I decided that the dreams Hughes describes are the ones in which all people can relate to having at one point or another. The use of similes explain different types of dreams, such as an awful one, "Does it stink like rotten meat,"(Hughes)? Or "crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet,"(Hughes)? This implying the ones that one holds onto after awakening, because they are dreams which one enjoyed. The similes, which all are linked to foods, are dreams which are easy for the reader to understand because they do tangible actions, such as run, or sag. However, the conclusion of this poem signifies dreams that defer, meaning they get pushed aside or procrastinated upon. Thus, as Hughes says, they "explode." Some dreams, or lifelong goals are ignored for the idea that they may be too far-fetched or unattainable, these dreams go away because we put them away. I think Hughes begs us to ask ourselves what we do with our dreams and whether or not we chase them.