Poetry
P9a-P17a
Read the poem below and analyze for the following:
P9a Metaphor or Simile
P10a Metonymy or Synecdoche
P14a Hyperbole or Understatement
P15a Antithesis
P16a Sensory Language
P17a Imagery
To fully analyze, complete both:
A. An identification of the elements
B. An analysis of why the poet used the elements (impact on reader, importance of line, etc.)
A Dream Deferred
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?