Harlem
BY 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?
1. Annotate 'Harlem':
a. Highlight and label the
metaphor in green.
b. Highlight and label at least 4
examples of personification
in yellow.
c.
d.
Highlight and label at least 2
examples of imagery in blue.
Highlight and label at least
two examples of alliteration
in pink.
e. Highlight and label at least 3
similes in orange.