Review the poem.
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 best explains how the final line of "Harlem [2]" changes the mood of the poem?
It suggests something happier and more hopeful.
It suggests something sadder and drearier.
It suggests something violent and more dangerous.
It suggests something foolish and comical.