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A 4 page essay that contrasts and compares the work of African American poets Raymond Carver and Langston Hughes, who are separated by decades, but nevertheless shares similarities in that both poets favored an abbreviated style that employed an economy of words. Each poet favored choosing the precise image that would conjure understanding in the reader and reference the rich tapestry of common human experience. Their work differed in that Hughes, writing in the early part of the twentieth century, was more concerned with issues of equality and civil rights. However, analysis of their work shows that each man, in his own definitive style, drew upon what it means to be human in order to make his point. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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abbreviated style that employed an economy of words. Each poet favored choosing the precise image that would conjure understanding in the reader and reference the rich tapestry of common
human experience. Their work differed in that Hughes, writing in the early part of the twentieth century, was more concerned with issues of equality and civil rights. However, analysis of
their work shows that each man, in his own definitive style, drew upon what it means to be human in order to make his point. In Hughes "Dream Deferred," the
poet conveys to his readers the frustration, heartbreak and longing that was inherent in the situation of African Americans who equality had been deferred for close to a century. The
first line asks the question "What happens to a dream deferred" (line 1). Hughes then asks "Does it dry up/like a raisin in the sun?"/ Or fester like a sore
-- /And then run" (lines 2-5). The "dream" referred to is, of course, the promise of equality, of full participation in American society as US citizens. Essentially, Hughes is asking
what happens when people are perpetually oppressed. Do their hopes and dreams dry up -- "like a raisin in the sun" -- and disappear? Or, do they fester "like a
sore" (line 4)? The structure of the poem asks a series of questions that, in themselves, suggest the answers, which are all founded on the tension inherent in unresolved conflict.
The first question that "answers" the opening interrogative suggests that dreams that are neglected shrivel like a raisin in the sun. But, then the next alternative is that
the dream does not die, but rather "festers" like a sore, so infected that it runs. Moving forward, Hughes brings up another unpleasant image suggesting that a dream deferred can
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