1. Poetry Analysis
By Wade, Austin, Brent

2. Life He started practicing poetry at a young age (Reid).
His was alive during The Great Depression (Reid).
He traveled a lot which exposed him to culture.
He was very active against racial injustice (Murphy).

3. Harlem
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?

4. Harlem Paraphrase
What happens to a dream that you ignore​ Does it go away​ Or stay like a burden​ And then go away​ Does it stay as a reminder​ Or does it become something you want ​ ​Maybe it just stays behind​ Like a heavy weight​ Or does it become a reality

5. Dreams Hold fast to dreams ​ For if dreams die​
Life is a broken-winged bird​
That cannot fly.​ ​
Hold fast to dreams​
For when dreams go​
Life is a barren field​
Frozen with snow

6. Dreams Paraphrase
Hold on to your dreams​ Because if you don’t ​ Life is restricting your freedom ​ To do what you want​ Hold on to dreams your dreams​ Because when they go​ Life is empty​ and cold

7. Time period Harlem​ Written shortly after World War II​ 1951​
Dreams​
Written during "Jazz Age"​ (Leach)
1926​ (Leach)
Economy thriving​ (Murphy)
 Racism​
Segregation
Harlem​
Written shortly after World War II​
1951​
Baby Boom​
Racism​
Segregation​
Harlem Renaissance (Reid)

8. Diction
The word choice in each poem is very simple with no complex words that may confuse the reader.

9. Tone- Dreams Mood ​ Mixed emotions​
Also sad, depressing, uneasy​
Tone​
Cynical, sad, and depressing​
Discuss bad out come only​
Mood ​
Mixed emotions​
Uncertain about the future of dreams​
Tone​
Unsure about what happens to a dream​
Uneasy and uncertain

10. Tone- Harlem Mood ​ Mixed emotions​
Uncertain about the future of dreams​
Tone​
Unsure about what happens to a dream​
Uneasy and uncertain

11. Figurative Language Dreams Metaphors Similes Personification Harlem

12. Sound Devices Dreams Assonance "Frozen/Snow" Rhyme "Die/Fly" "Go/Snow"
Harlem
Alliteration
"What happens to dream deferred?"
"Does it dry up"
"Like a syrupy sweet?"
Rhyme
"Sun/Run"
"Meat/Sweet"
"Load/Explode"
Dreams
Assonance
"Frozen/Snow"
Rhyme
"Die/Fly"
"Go/Snow"

13. Dreams
Lyric Poem
Expresses the authors views on feelings dreams

14. Harlem Free Verse Poem No rhythm scheme or meter followed
Alternates between giving rhetorical questions and giving and possible answers

15. Syntax
Dreams
Anaphora
Harlem
Rhetorical questions
Anaphora
Repetition

16. Works Cited
Leach, Laurie F. Greenwood Biographies. Langston Hughes A Biography Westport: Greenwood, 2004. ​
Murphy, Brenda. "Hughes, Langston." In Bryer, Jackson R., and Mary C. Hartig, eds. The Facts      On File Companion to American Drama, Second Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc.,      Bloom's Literature, Facts on File, Inc.        
Reid, Margaret A. "Langston Hughes: Rhetoric and Protest." The Langston Hughes Review vol.                3.1 (1984 Spring): pp.13–20. Civil Disobedience New York: Chelsea House, Bloom's       Literature, Facts On File, Inc.