A Dream Deferred

Some of us have many dreams while we sleep, ranging throughout the numerous times of the night. An analytical individual might wonder what just happens to these dreams that delightfully entertain us while we are in a state of slumber. In a poem, ?A Dream Deferred?, Langston Hughes uses vivid description and the imagination of the reader?s own mind to create a sense of what happens to the fulfillment of a dream. The uses …

…dream deferred?? appears to be answered with nothing but more questions. The dream is important to the dreamer?s life. But what dream is it exactly? The poem does not choose the dream but leaves it up to the reader through the author?s vivid descriptions. The use of all of the literary features provide the reader with an understanding of how unique and important dreams are, and show that they are worth fighting for.