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?
–"Harlem,"
Langston Hughes

Write three or four sentences explaining the meaning of one simile from the poem.

" Does it dry up

like a raisin in the sun?"

i would say that this simile means that you might forget about it.

Explanation:

Simile: A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as.

deferred: to delay, postponed, or wait.

the underlined phrase is an example of : understatment

evertheless he ought to be slow to believe and to act, nor should he himself show fear, but proceed in a temperate manner with prudence and humanity, so that too much confidence may not make him incautious and too much distrust render him intolerable.

explanation: