1. What is Poetry
In "Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes, it seems as if he is writing from the perspective of a local during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, who finally has the ability to dream of a better life, but does not achieve it. ... Hughes was writing in the first half of the twentieth century. ... foreshadowing at a potential for violence and self-destruction resulting from deferred dreams. ...
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