5th Period: Langston Hughes’s “Harlem”
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- #2Assignment One
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- #3Period 5: The Great Gatsby (Chapter I)
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- #8Period 5: The Great Gatsby (Chapter VIII)
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- #12Period 5: The Great Gatsby (Chapter V)
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5th Period: Langston Hughes’s “Harlem” by Mr. Z
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One of the most famous poems penned by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes. Written in 1951, this poem was the inspiration for Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play A Raisin in the Sun.
5th Period: Langston Hughes’s “Harlem” Annotated
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?