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Lets analyze the extended metaphor

What it might mean (figuratively)/What might her life


What is says
experience have been

Raisin in the sun

Fester like a sore

Stink like rotten


meat

Crust and sugar over

Sag like a heavy load

Explode
What happens to a dream destroyed?

Does it sink Define deferred, use a dictionary if needed.


like a wrecked ship in the sea?

Or wade in the water


like a boy overboard?
What dream do you think he might be referring to?
Maybe it just floats
around and around. . .

or does it drown? Do you feel the poem is optimistic about the future? Why/why not?
- Kwame Alexander (BOOKED)
Homework
Directions: Create an imitation poem using Langston Hughes poems as your
inspiration. You need to continue a metaphor throughout the poem.
Give it a title, Title it ______ to ______ if its a Mother to Son imitation.

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