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...... The poem, Dream Deferred is an emotionally-charged poem that spoke not only of the suffering of the Negro, but also reflected the potential for social radicalism among African-Americans. Dream is a powerful poem because it is able to effectively evoke emotions of pain, anger and frustration in simple, few wordsthat is, within a short poem. Hughes allowed his audience to contemplate the future of the brewing civil rights movement that African-Americans are pushing at the time: will it lead to futility (Does it dry up/ Like a raisin in the sun), further prolonged without any resolution (Maybe it just sags/ like a heavy load.), or revolution/civic action (Or does it explode?)? These are the possibilities that the poem presented, subtly implied through Hughes usage of symbolism and metaphors
Similar to Hughes usage of strong emotions to effectively convey his message in the poem, Dream Deferred, Billie Holidays songs focus mainly on the emotional, using the themes of love, pain, and loneliness as the anchors through which Holiday expressed her emotions as she sang these songs. Gloomy Sunday is an example of a song that expressed love and loneliness. The lyrics of the song are straightforward, and the longing and

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