The Dream Deferred, By Langston Hughes

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The poem Dream Deferred written by Langston Hughes has four stanzas. There rhyming pattern of this poem is abab cdcd efef gg. According to speaker each dream has a unique way to disappear. There are many dreams which cannot meet its happy ending. Some dreams die very slowly. While some dreams won’t heal or go away. The person whose dream is deferred may become demoralized and depressed. The poem Dream written by Langston Hughes has two stanzas. The rhyming pattern of this poem is abcb defe in both stanzas. The speaker of the poem tried to say that we should never let go of our dreams. Life has no meaning without a dream. Dreams act as hope in this cruel world. The similarity of both poems is that both topic is related with dream. On the poem

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