Summary Of Harlem By Langston Hughes

The defintion of procrastination is “the action of delaying or postponing something,” which people generally do to things they do not want to do or want to avoid as much as possible. People procratinate lots of things. From small things like homework and making dinner, to large things like studying for a big test and paying bills, the question is raised “what happens to a dream when it is procrastinated?” In the poem Harlem by Langston Hughes, the author discusses the different things that could potentially happen to a dream deffered. This poem’s meaning is to question why one would abandon a dream in the first place, and how it may not be possible to revive a dead dream. The poem’s intricate rhyme scheme helps emphasize the different possibilities of what may occur while a dream is adjourned.
The rhyme scheme of this poem is ABABC, so every other word at the end of each line rhymes. This means that the two words that rhyme will most likely be associatoed with eachother within the reader’s mind. The words meat and sweet specifically call attention to themselves. Although this poem is by nature has an unsure and gloomy mood, the words sweet and meat suggest otherwise. They both appeal to the reader’s senses(specifically taste) which gives off a
The first line is naturally emphasized because it asks the question that the entire poem is centered around. The last line, “Or does it explode?” Is emphasized and leaves the reader with a mysterious or sad feeling. It suggests that the second a dream is abandoned, it explodes and can never be found again. This is a much darker idea compared to the ligher and happpier theme that is potrayed within the first few lines of the poem. It leaves the leader with less hope than previously, however since it is all a question, there is no way to really know what will happen to a dream