<p>Name/Block/Date: </p><p>“Harlem” (“Dream Deferred”) and “Dreams”, by Langston Hughes</p><p>Harlem</p><p>What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet?</p><p>Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.</p><p>Or does it explode?</p><p>Dreams</p><p>Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That canot fly.</p><p>Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.</p><p>(a)Consider the following themes: dream, disillusionment, poverty and frustrations. (b)Identify the use of similes and metaphors in the poems.</p><p>Discuss and answer the following questions about" Dream Deferred": 1 List the verbs used to indicate what can happen to "a dream deferred." 2 What does the mention of Harlem imply about the subject of this poem? 3 With what kind of dream do you think the poem is concerned? Identify five similes in the poem. What do you think the speaker is suggesting in each simile? 4 Interpret the last line. Why people need to feel they can fulfill their dreams?</p><p>Discuss and answer the following questions about "Dream": 1 To what does the speaker compare life in the first stanza? 2 Interpret the metaphors. What does each suggest about life? 3 Restate in your own words the advice that this poem offers. The American poet Name/Block/Date: </p><p>Delmore Schwarts once wrote," In dreams begin responsibilities." How might Hughes interpret this statement? Base your answer on the poems you have just read.</p><p>Assignement- Individual Poem: Write a poem reflecting your attitude toward "dreams". Base your understanding of the dream on Hughes's poems. Due by 4/7 ~Extra points for artistic accompaniment… song? art? dance? spoken word?</p>