Explosions happen because there is a build up of pressure, which causes something to come out suddenly with intensity/violence. When we suppress our own hearts or when we are suppressed, the very same things happen to us that Hughes writes about Harlem...we either accept our fate like a raisin in the sun withering up, for it withers because it isn't moving anywhere. Or like me, when I was younger and so full of fear that I was too afraid to follow my heart, it festered like a sore (it hurt like hell) and then run (Well, even the Doobie Brothers '70s song It Keeps You Runnin' has a section that says, "I know what it means to hide your heart from long ago....It keeps you runnin'). I think the "crust and sugar over" is like you alluded to, where airs are put on and then if a deferred dreams sags like a heavy load, its something that weighs on our conscience esp. if we know what we should be doing but can't/wont. Or....if the pressure is too much, the explosion will happen, and our emotions exploding can either make us take stock and start following our hearts or if we or a peoples or community is suppressed, it will probably mean riots, violence from the build up of pressure. The poem can be hopeful if the chance to live up to our potential is available and then seized upon. Yes, that poem resonates with my adolescent/teenage years for sure. I strive to follow my heart and have for many years now.
A dream was postponed just like how Harlem was in a boom of popularity until it wasn't after the Great Depression. More hate and discrimination rose up against African Americans so that it was incredibly difficult to work towards their dreams. I felt that this poem talks about the many ways that those dreams were dealt with. But I'm not sure if a dream deferred exploding is a good thing-
Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment! A dream deferred exploding.... So we're working with a powerful metaphor here. The entire poem is an extended metaphor on deferred dreams and what might-could happen to them (I live in Arkansas, USA, where might-could is an actual verb ; ). For me, the poem implies two important questions: what is a dream, and what is an explosion? Your point, I think, relates to the *what is an explosion* question. So, what is the conceptual nature of an explosion? Explosions are (perhaps): sudden, violent, surprising, transformative, dangerous, powerful, destructive, inevitable (?), preventable (?), cause collateral damage, fast or almost instantaneous, irreversible. Something (a dream maybe) that festers or hardens or melts leaves little possibility for transformation. Something that explodes though can be both dangerous and transformative. And transformation, with respect to racial justice and human dignity, is what we needed and need here in the U.S. This transformation was and is dangerous.
After the initial question the poem could be grouped into lines that descend in number, as if counting down to “or does it explode” 4 lines with the first two couplets 3 lines in the triplet 2 lines after the volta 1 line with the final question Boom
What happen to dreams deferred If I read like this Some dreams are to be dried up ... Only some dreams are to be exploded.God should bless us to always relate to our higher self which has serene happy dreams . ...
Alright! This is my favorite Langston Hughes poem. I remember when it was published in the New York Times in 2016. www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/insider/3-questions-langston-hughes-poem-anchors-entire-page.html
I know that he changed the title at some point. First it was known as "Harlem." When he changed the title to "Dream Deferred," he did so for a reason. Why? How does it change the meaning? It's an open question.
Thanks for commenting, John. Just out of curiosity, where did the analysis fall short for you? How would you approach an analysis of this poem? Not trying to be snarky or defensive, just curious.
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Explosions happen because there is a build up of pressure, which causes something to come out suddenly with intensity/violence. When we suppress our own hearts or when we are suppressed, the very same things happen to us that Hughes writes about Harlem...we either accept our fate like a raisin in the sun withering up, for it withers because it isn't moving anywhere. Or like me, when I was younger and so full of fear that I was too afraid to follow my heart, it festered like a sore (it hurt like hell) and then run (Well, even the Doobie Brothers '70s song It Keeps You Runnin' has a section that says, "I know what it means to hide your heart from long ago....It keeps you runnin'). I think the "crust and sugar over" is like you alluded to, where airs are put on and then if a deferred dreams sags like a heavy load, its something that weighs on our conscience esp. if we know what we should be doing but can't/wont. Or....if the pressure is too much, the explosion will happen, and our emotions exploding can either make us take stock and start following our hearts or if we or a peoples or community is suppressed, it will probably mean riots, violence from the build up of pressure. The poem can be hopeful if the chance to live up to our potential is available and then seized upon. Yes, that poem resonates with my adolescent/teenage years for sure. I strive to follow my heart and have for many years now.
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Beautifully said, God bless you on your journey of life❤
A dream was postponed just like how Harlem was in a boom of popularity until it wasn't after the Great Depression. More hate and discrimination rose up against African Americans so that it was incredibly difficult to work towards their dreams. I felt that this poem talks about the many ways that those dreams were dealt with. But I'm not sure if a dream deferred exploding is a good thing-
Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment!
A dream deferred exploding....
So we're working with a powerful metaphor here. The entire poem is an extended metaphor on deferred dreams and what might-could happen to them (I live in Arkansas, USA, where might-could is an actual verb ; ). For me, the poem implies two important questions: what is a dream, and what is an explosion? Your point, I think, relates to the *what is an explosion* question. So, what is the conceptual nature of an explosion? Explosions are (perhaps): sudden, violent, surprising, transformative, dangerous, powerful, destructive, inevitable (?), preventable (?), cause collateral damage, fast or almost instantaneous, irreversible. Something (a dream maybe) that festers or hardens or melts leaves little possibility for transformation. Something that explodes though can be both dangerous and transformative. And transformation, with respect to racial justice and human dignity, is what we needed and need here in the U.S. This transformation was and is dangerous.
"On a personal level, I do not like raisins" lol my favorite part. You have earned yourself a new subscriber 💫
It’s true. Dates, I can get behind, but raisins. Just no. Nope. No.
After the initial question the poem could be grouped into lines that descend in number, as if counting down to “or does it explode”
4 lines with the first two couplets
3 lines in the triplet
2 lines after the volta
1 line with the final question
Boom
Superb explanation for 'Harlem'...Hats off👏👏👏👑🙌🏻🙌🏻
This is incredibly helpful. Thank you so much. Please keep making more videos like this. Thank you.
What happen to dreams deferred
If I read like this
Some dreams are to be dried up ...
Only some dreams are to be exploded.God should bless us to always relate to our higher self which has serene happy dreams .
...
That’s a beautiful poem fr
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Alright! This is my favorite Langston Hughes poem. I remember when it was published in the New York Times in 2016. www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/insider/3-questions-langston-hughes-poem-anchors-entire-page.html
@@ThomasLewandowski This, too, is a great poem of Langston Hughes. No doubt he was way ahead of his time .
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I meant..."it doesn't"
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Sir, can you tell me why in some places this poem is mentioned as 'Harlem to be answered ' and in some places as 'Harlem'?
I know that he changed the title at some point. First it was known as "Harlem." When he changed the title to "Dream Deferred," he did so for a reason. Why? How does it change the meaning? It's an open question.
Excellent, thank you 😊
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Great poem. The analysis is subpar.
Thanks for commenting, John. Just out of curiosity, where did the analysis fall short for you? How would you approach an analysis of this poem? Not trying to be snarky or defensive, just curious.
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Thanks buddy ❤❤this man is very educated look how he share a work Volta and also a story of a band that has nothing to do with Harlem but this show his ability of knowladgebility
nice video
I don't understand anything from this poem
The dreamer runs like a sore
Is it British sonnet ?
No. It's a lyric poem in free verse, eleven lines and four stanzas.
Dude, I think you’re reading way too much into this