"Dream Deferred"

1. Hughes’s “Dream Deferred” was the type of poem that clearly got a message across to the reader. It was not hard to understand what Hughes was implying in the poem. “Dream Deferred” really made me think about my own life and dreams while I was reading it. The poem affected me in a positive way because it gave me more encouragement to work harder towards fulfilling my dreams.

2. Hughes’s “Dream Deferred” describes what happens to dreams when people let them go or give up on their dreams. Hughes uses all negative and unpleasant similes to get his message across to the reader. He uses these descriptive similes to show that nothing positive happens to a lost dream. The author is telling the audience that dreams should be held onto for a positive outcome. He compares a dream put to the side like a raisin dried up in the sun to describe that both become distorted. Our dreams will not come true if we put them to the side. A dream put to the side will turn into something different then what the original dream was of the reader. The last line of Hughes’s “Dream Deferred” puts emphasis on what will happen to a lost dream. The author is using the word explode to put emphasis on something completely being destroyed. He leaves us off with this line to emphasis and summarizes the poem at the very end. The last line leaves us a feeling with nothing left, and that is what happens when people let their dreams go.