Write eight annotations that help a reader understand the tone, mood, and meaning of a poem from this lesson (except "Spring and All" by William Carlos Williams). Your assignment is also to write an introduction paragraph that explains the overall meaning of the poem, based on examples from the poem. Your focus should be on the connotations and figurative language in the poem that you've selected.

"a dream deferred" 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? by langston hughes use the task 3 link as needed to locate terms. what does this poem say? 1 point what is the structure of this poem? 1 point what images does this poem create in your mind?