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What happens to a dream deferred? 8 3(a) - dre/ der red
Does it dry up 4 1 (b) - dr
like a raisin in the sun? 7 2 (c) – sin sun
Or fester like a sore- 6 2 (d) - sis
And then run? 3 1 (c) - un
Does it stink like rotten meat? 7 3 (e) – sin
Or crust and sugar over- 6 2 (f) –usn
like a syrupy sweet? 6 2 (e) - sis
Maybe it just sags 5 2 (g) - isss
like a heavy load. 5 2 (h) - load
Or does it explode? 5 2 (h) – lode/ load [ dre/ does xode ]
Dream deferred (dream der red) -> postponed with sin, under the sun -> becomes load and expload -> dream ode ode
Raisin (fading x rising ("still I rise"))
Does
like
or like
and
does like
or and
like
like
or does does.
A Dream Deferred/Harlem
by Langston Hughes
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?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Deferred:
verb (defers, deferring, deferred) [ with obj. ]
put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone/
Raisin:
a partially dried grape.
Fester:
verb [ no obj. ]
(of a wound or sore) become septic (infected with bacteria); suppurate (formation of pus): I developed a tropical sore that festered badly | (as adj. festering) : a festering abscess.
• (of food or garbage) become rotten and offensive to the senses: a gully full of garbage that festered in the shade.
• (of a negative feeling or a problem) become worse or more intense, esp. through long-term neglect or indifference: anger which festers and grows in his heart.
• (of a person) undergo physical and mental deterioration in isolated inactivity: I might be festering in jail now.
Sore:
(of a part of one's body) painful or aching: my feet were sore and my head ached.
Stink:
1 have a strong unpleasant smell.
Rotten:
suffering from decay: rotten eggs
Crust:
the tough outer part of a loaf of bread: a sandwich with the crusts cut off | I tore off several pieces of crust from the loaf.
• a hard, dry scrap of bread: a kindly old woman might give her a crust.
• a layer of pastry covering a pie.
• a hardened layer, coating, or deposit on the surface of something, esp. something soft: a crust of snow.
• the outermost layer of rock of which a planet consists, esp. the part of the earth above the mantle: the earth's crust | at the midocean ridge new crust is formed.
Syrupy:
having the consistency or sweetness of syrup (a thick sweet liquid made by dissolving sugar in boiling water, often used for preserving fruit): syrupy desserts.
• excessively sentimental: a particularly syrupy moment from a corny film.
Sags: To sag -
to sink downward under weight or pressure or through lack of strength: the bed sagged in the middle
• hang down loosely or unevenly: stockings that sagged at the knees.
Load:
a heavy thing that is being carried or is about to be carried: "in addition to their own food, they must carry a load of up to eighty pounds".
• the total number or amount that can be carried in something, esp. a vehicle of a specified type: a tractor-trailer load of new appliances.