Literature During the Harlem Renaissance
- Langston Hughes wrote about how life was for a black man and he would show bloack people that they should be proud of their heritage.
- Hughes tried to help whites to understand what it felt like to be black in the United States during the early 1900s.
- Hughes used the rhythms of black music to deliver his messages.
- He also put strong ideas into his poems so that every person from any and every background could relate.
A Dream Deferred
- Langston Hughes
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?
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?