CUET Preparation Today
Read the poem and answer the following question 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? |
| Which images are used to evoke the image of a postponed dream? |
raisin, meat, and pancake raisin, meat, and sweets raisin, pork, and syrup raisin, beef, and syrup |
| raisin, meat, and sweets |
| The poem begins with a question as he compares dreams or goals with a raisin, meat, and sweets. |
