I read this poem a few years ago in a lit course over the summer and remember truly loving the work of Langston Hughes. This poem, amongst other good works, struck me deeply. It is simple yet profound and although that is a typical description, it is accurate.
Hughes' poem questions the manner in which a dream is deferred and how it affects its holder. I believe that when a dream is deferred, it lingers and hangs silently on the shoulder of the beholder. It remains waiting but disappearing slowly. It changed the way a person sees life because they cannot see the optimistic future that they had hoped for. It takes away drive and motivation as it is deferred. It is easy for people to give up on the dream that they so deeply long for because it appears to difficult, or near impossible to achieve.
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